{"id":20,"date":"2024-07-02T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:40:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:40:32","slug":"anti-racism-framework","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/anti-racism-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Racism Framework for Initial Teacher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-d46b46f658704821fe779721ae245501\"><strong>Anti-Racism Framework<\/strong> <strong>for Initial Teacher Education<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-bc0dd322526b3e649d8b98fee90917da\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Do you want to make your Initial Teacher Education\/Training Course anti-racist?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21954e43a7ea4881958fb9ba79da79db\" style=\"line-height:2\">Here is a research-informed accessible framework to help you:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-racism-framework.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Home |&nbsp;AntiRacism&nbsp;Framework (anti-racism-framework.co.uk)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-53c08020dcf9848658bc0bb56f0e593d\" style=\"line-height:2\">Our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/social-science\/research\/social-science-pillars\/anti-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">research<\/a>&nbsp;has&nbsp;sought&nbsp;to address the absence of reference to racism in the current Initial Teacher Education curriculum and in the Teacher Standards in England. We aimed&nbsp;to generate new data and evidence for the publication of a freely available and widely&nbsp;disseminated, trusted, accessible and research-informed anti-racism framework for\u202fInitial Teacher Education\/Training provision.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our framework and evidence have been included as recommended practice in a substantial research and practice informed report by the Teaching Commission: <a href=\"https:\/\/teachingcommission.co.uk\/report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Report &#8211; Teaching Commission<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e4e35c205ae6b5c1a40a04d554d05045\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>A video to help you use the anti-racism framework for your ITE\/T&nbsp;course<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-720f450e128ebe79fb32f2d1a4c467d3\" style=\"line-height:2\">This video will help you draw on the anti-racism framework in&nbsp;initial&nbsp;teacher education and training to transform your course. It will help you to think about racism and anti-racism in terms of your curriculum, placements, training, course reflections and leadership.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Using the anti-racist framework for initial teacher education\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JjaNjKK38DI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e12ad4bf7f50ee453ff959fb9bf9a0ea\" style=\"line-height:2\">Here is a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indd.adobe.com\/view\/ffcc4fdd-e948-41fc-bb21-fca9e82b6b91\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/indd.adobe.com\/view\/ffcc4fdd-e948-41fc-bb21-fca9e82b6b91\">downloadable&nbsp;version of the anti-racism framework&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6b8377049b7f9978fc7b88b7fb1c16bc\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Policy brief:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/files\/2025\/06\/Policy-brief-general.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Policy brief general.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-eaaaae6c-c0a7-444c-9597-4b4a14bc5a8f\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/files\/2025\/06\/Policy-brief-general.pdf\">Policy brief general<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/files\/2025\/06\/Policy-brief-general.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-eaaaae6c-c0a7-444c-9597-4b4a14bc5a8f\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f1591cbf9466790130e441d841a5191d\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Case Studies (holding space for work to come)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e65ae95cb0240e1a7e15fe225f3b5efe\" style=\"line-height:2\">Here are some example <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-racism-framework.co.uk\/home\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.anti-racism-framework.co.uk\/home\">case studies<\/a> of providers who have used the anti-racism framework to transform their ITE\/T courses\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c41b8d1dfbe8ab7deea6aceb6d55b379\"><strong>Read our Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bd831eef0431eb98b93d9a578a766423\" style=\"line-height:2\">Smith HJ, Lander V.&nbsp;<a>Finding &#8216;pockets of possibility&#8217; for anti-racism in a curriculum for student teachers: from absence to action<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>The Curriculum Journal<\/em>&nbsp;2023,&nbsp;<strong>34<\/strong>(1), 22-42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b0c68bd62fc5c4e4a3ad7037998d7b78\" style=\"line-height:2\">Smith HJ, Lander V. State of the Discipline of ITE\/T in England and the urgent need for anti-racism. Research Intelligence 2023, (154), 20-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6e8f98193326bd1bf55083184a46fa50\" style=\"line-height:2\">Smith HJ, Lander V.&nbsp;(2025) <a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/294814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creating the anti-racism framework to transform the curriculum for student teachers in England<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>In:<\/em>&nbsp;Moncrieffe ML; Fakunle O; Kustatscher M; Rost AO, ed.&nbsp;<em>The BERA Guide to Decolonising the Curriculum: Equity and Inclusion in Educational Research and Practice<\/em>. Leeds: Emerald Publishing, pp.159-168.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Show Racism the Rec Card news item (2025): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theredcard.org\/news\/pockets-of-possibility-by-heather-smith-and-vini-lander\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;Pockets of Possibility&#8217; by Heather Smith and Vini Lander &#8211; Show Racism the Red Card<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-Racism Framework for Initial Teacher Education Do you want to make your Initial Teacher Education\/Training Course anti-racist?&nbsp; Here is a research-informed accessible framework to help you:&nbsp;Home |&nbsp;AntiRacism&nbsp;Framework (anti-racism-framework.co.uk)&nbsp; Our&nbsp;research&nbsp;has&nbsp;sought&nbsp;to address the absence of reference to racism in the current Initial Teacher Education curriculum and in the Teacher Standards in England. We aimed&nbsp;to generate new data &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/anti-racism-framework\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Anti-Racism Framework for Initial Teacher Education&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11083,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11083"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}