Body Language Signals, Social Class, and Implicit Bias

Abstract

Markers of social class are communicated and interpreted through a diverse set of social practices. With the strategies presented here, teachers can recognize the signals of social class and work to interrupt implicit bias.

Key words:

• elementary education
• social class

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Notes on contributors

Sue Ellen Henry

Sue Ellen Henry is a Professor of Education at Bucknell University. She is the author of Children’s Bodies in Schools: Corporeal Performances of Social Class (Palgrave, 2014). Her work has been published in Teachers College Record, Educational Theory, and Educational Studies. Email: [email protected]

Abe Feuerstein

Abe Feuerstein is Professor of Education and Education Department Chair at Bucknell University. His work has been published in Educational Policy Analysis Archives, Critical Education, Educational Policy, and Educational Administration Quarterly. Email: [email protected]