Using Bloom’s taxonomy to visualise antiracist teaching strategies

Abstract

2020 marked a surge in the uprisings for racial and social justice in the United States and around the globe. Universities met the moment with aspirations to become antiracist institutions. However, there has often been a disconnect between universities’ antiracist goals and support for educators in their day-to-day instruction. Moreover, many educators–primarily those racialised as White, who have seldom had to consider their racial identity in predominantly White environments–are unfamiliar with antiracist teaching strategies. This essay is for university instructors who are new to antiracist pedagogy but want to use its principles to transform their teaching. It provides an overview of instructional processes and practices organised using Bloom’s taxonomy, a well-known educational framework. The essay concludes with reactions to and implications of the antiracist taxonomy.