Walking down the street: addressing the cultural process of stereotyping among preservice and inservice teachers of English learners to close the opportunity gap / Abdelilah Salim Sehlaoui and Taniya Morris.

Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore how the process of stereotyping is used among ‎preservice and inservice teachers. Implicit bias and unconscious stereotyping can perpetuate the ‎status quo and widen the opportunity gap for minoritized students. The study aimed to ‎investigate 1) the prevalence of racial/ethnic stereotypes among inservice and preservice teachers ‎who serve English learners, and 2) how stereotyping of racial/ethnic groups varies between the ‎two groups of teachers or which group of teachers (inservice or preservice) got the most negative ‎responses for all ‎portraits used as stimuli. ‎Data were collected from participants' anonymous ‎written reactions to the 'Walking Down the Street' activity questions. A loglinear statistical ‎analysis and a qualitative content analysis were used to answer the research questions. The ‎common patterns that emerged from the data analyses were summarized and discussed by ‎comparing the two groups of teachers and their process of stereotyping. Practical pedagogical ‎implications and recommendations for further research are shared.