I don't see race: Examining History Teachers' Use of Images to Further Historical Thinking

The current ways secondary history teachers employ images in history classes does not adequately address historical thinking skills.  This study examines how a professional development program, the Teaching American History program, provided space to experiment with new ontological employments of images through the content lens of African-American history.  It examines how teachers who participated in TAH thought about using images differently after the end of the program.

I anticipate the findings will be that secondary history teachers are struggling to use African-American images in ways that further historical thinking skills based on 1) limitations of predominant art history model; 2) lack of knowledge of African-American history and 3) resistance to discussing race.