This study investigates the ability of a brief empathy-inducing intervention to improve the implicit bias of pre-service teachers, as measured by an Implicit Association Test. The authors found empathy intervention statistically significant at decreasing the implicit bias of White female pre-service teachers toward Black individuals.
Whitford, D. K., & Emerson, A. M. (2019). Empathy intervention to reduce implicit bias in preservice teachers. Psychological Reports, 122(2), 670–688.
This research study examines the effects of integrating culturally responsive instruction into a course hosted by the school of education at a institution of higher education.
Othman, Lama B. 2018. “The Problem of Disproportional Representation of Students from Minority Races in Special Education.” International Journal of Special Education 33 (1): 171–183.
