- ‘It was the small things’: Using the concept of racial microaggressions as a tool for talking to new teachers about racism Pearce, Sarah. 2018. ‘It was the small things’: Using the concept of racial microaggressions as a tool for talking to new teachers about racism. Teaching and Teacher Education, 79, pp. 83-92. ISSN 0742-051X
- An emotional, intellectual and practical resource: black experiences and expertise on teaching about racism Pearce, Sarah. 2016. An emotional, intellectual and practical resource: black experiences and expertise on teaching about racism. Pedagogy Culture and Society, 24(1), pp. 161-168. ISSN 1468-1366
- Dealing with racist incidents: what do beginning teachers learn from schools? Pearce, Sarah. 2014. Dealing with racist incidents: what do beginning teachers learn from schools? Race Ethnicity and Education, 17(3), pp. 388-406. ISSN 1361-3324
- Confronting Dominant Whiteness in the Primary Classroom: progressive student teachers’ dilemmas and constraints Pearce, Sarah. 2012. Confronting Dominant Whiteness in the Primary Classroom: progressive student teachers’ dilemmas and constraints. Oxford Review Of Education, 38(4), pp. 455-472. ISSN 0305-4985
- Understanding Institutional Racism Pearce, Sarah. 2010. Understanding Institutional Racism. Race Equality Teaching, 28(2), pp. 15-18. ISSN 1478-8551
- The development of one teacher's understanding of practitioner research in a multi-ethnic primary school Pearce, Sarah. 2004. The development of one teacher's understanding of practitioner research in a multi-ethnic primary school. Educational Action Research, 12(1), pp. 7-18. ISSN 09650792
- Compiling the White Inventory: the practice of whiteness in a British primary school Pearce, Sarah. 2003. Compiling the White Inventory: the practice of whiteness in a British primary school. Cambridge Journal of Education, 33(2), pp. 273-288. ISSN 0305-764X
Dr Sarah Pearce
Sarah looks at how white teachers understand their racialised positioning and how this impacts on their work.
Staff details
Goldsmiths Research Centres/Groups
My research looks at how race and racism impact on teaching and learning. I have studied how white teachers understand their work in multi-ethnic classrooms; how students from diverse backgrounds experience the current schooling system as lacking in care; and how Islamophobia affects relationships between teachers and Muslim families. I am currently looking at how Master’s programmes can better meet the needs of students of colour and respond to the decolonisation movement.
Featured publications
2019:
‘It was the small things’: Using the concept of racial microaggressions as a tool for talking to new teachers about racism
Sarah Pearce. Teaching and Teacher Education, 79, 83–92.
2020:
High attaining students, marketisation and the absence of care: everyday experiences in an urban academy
Kirstin Lewis and Sarah Pearce. Pedagogy, Culture & Society
2018:
Changing attitudes to cultural difference: perceptions of Muslim families in English schools
Sarah Pearce and Kirstin Lewis. Cambridge Journal of Education, 49: 1, 1-14
2005:
You Wouldn’t Understand: white teachers in multi-ethnic classrooms
Sarah Pearce. Trentham/ IoE (book)
2015:
Dealing with racist incidents: what do beginning teachers learn from schools?
Sarah Pearce. Race Ethnicity and Education, 17:3, 388-406
Publications and research outputs
Book
- You Wouldn't Understand: white teachers in multiethnic classrooms Pearce, Sarah. 2005. You Wouldn't Understand: white teachers in multiethnic classrooms. Trentham Books. ISBN 1858563623
Article
- ‘Why are we doing this if there’s no connection?’ The importance of prior experience in academic learning on a Master’s programme Pearce, Sarah. 2023. ‘Why are we doing this if there’s no connection?’ The importance of prior experience in academic learning on a Master’s programme. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 47(4), pp. 563-575. ISSN 0309-877X
- High attaining students, marketisation and the absence of care: everyday experiences in an urban academy Lewis, Kirstin and Pearce, Sarah. 2022. High attaining students, marketisation and the absence of care: everyday experiences in an urban academy. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 30(2), pp. 261-280. ISSN 1468-1366
- Changing attitudes to cultural difference: perceptions of Muslim families in English schools Pearce, Sarah and Lewis, Kirstin. 2019. Changing attitudes to cultural difference: perceptions of Muslim families in English schools. Cambridge Journal of Education, 49(1), pp. 1-14. ISSN 0305-764X
Professional projects
I work with schools who want to develop their practice in relation to anti-racism and decolonisation.
Research projects
I am currently working with a team of colleagues researching how race and racism are addressed in schools.
