Do early educators' implicit biases regarding sex and race relate to behavior expectations and recommendations of preschool expulsions and suspensions?

lightning_palm · 2022-05-04T13:56:16+00:00

Summary: In the U.S. boys and black children, particularly black boys, receive closer surveillance for the same classroom behavior.

Discussion

Our findings demonstrate that early education staff tend to observe more closely Blacks, and especially Black boys when challenging behaviors are expected. These findings are important to consider given that no behavioral challenges were present in the videos, suggesting, in part, that preschool teachers may hold differential expectations of challenging behaviors based on the race of the child. This is consistent with the robust literature that evidences disproportionate rates of disciplinary referrals and exclusionary practices for Black boys that are not better accounted for by other factors. Of note, these eye-tracking results closely corresponded with participants’ conscious appraisal of which child they felt required the most of their attention, with Black boys being endorsed as requiring the most attention by 42% of early education staff (68% more than expected by chance alone). Additionally, boys in general, were endorsed as requiring the most attention by 76% of early education staff (52% more than expected by chance alone), consistent with research showing that boys (regardless of race) are at greater risk for classroom removal. Regardless of the nature of the underlying biases, the tendency to observe more closely classroom behaviors based on the sex and race of the child may contribute to greater levels of identification of challenging behaviors with Black preschoolers and especially Black boys, which perhaps contributes to the documented sex and race disparities in preschool expulsions and suspensions.

Title	Do early educators' implicit biases regarding sex and race relate to behavior expectations and recommendations of preschool expulsions and suspensions?
Author	lightning_palm
Upvotes	6
Comments	1
Date	May 4, 2022 1:51 PM UTC (4 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/Male_Studies
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