The education and careers of Black teachers : changing identities, changing lives
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The education and careers of Black teachers : changing identities, changing lives
Open University Press, 1997
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- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. [205]-213
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780335197750
Description
Headteachers, teacher unions and education authorities all acknowledge the need for more teachers from black and ethnic minority communities, yet until now very little has been known about the professional experiences of black teachers or of the factors which discourage and exclude black and ethnic minority people from teaching as a career.
This book draws on the life histories of headteachers, advisors, teachers and student teachers from black and ethnic communities to find out what their working lives are really like. Detailed case studies and quotations bring their stories alive. It examines how those in positions of influence are seeking to transform schools and improve their pupils' life chances. How do they achieve success and challenge racism? While celebrating black and ethnic minority achievement in education this book does not overlook the costs of success for individuals. Drawing on teachers' own accounts of their work it explores the complexities of their lived experiences and the tensions which can develop between teachers' professional identities and their political identities as black people.
The findings and recommendations of this book will be of great interest to educational policy makers and decision makers, to academics working in the field of race relations, and to all engaged in the training and professional development of teachers, both in universities and schools. It includes practical suggestions for promoting racial justice within the context of current policy frameworks. It will also prove useful to trainers and educators in other professional fields, such as social work and public administration.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part one: Making sense of the past, re-interpreting the present
Racism, education and inequality in Britain
Racial justice and current policy frameworks
The educational experiences of black and ethnic minority people
Researching black teachers' lives
Part two: Changing lives
Teachers' narratives
case studies
Teacher identities
The foundations of success
senior educators look back
Managing success
Part three: Daring to teach
To teach or not to teach
sixth form students' viewpoints
Preparing to teach
BEd and PGCE students
Part four: Changing the future
Education, racism and black teachers
structure and response
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.
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: hbk ISBN 9780335197767
Description
Headteachers, teacher unions and education authorities acknowledge the need for more teachers from black and ethnic minority communities. This book draws on the life histories of headteachers, advisors, teachers and student teachers from black and ethnic communities to find out what their working lives are really like. Detailed case studies and quotations bring out their stories. The text examines how those in positions of influence are seeking to transform schools and improve their pupils' life chances. How do they achieve success and challenge racism? While celebrating black and ethnic minority achievement in education, this book also looks at the costs of success for individuals. It explores the complexities of the lived experience and tensions which can develop between teachers' professional identities and their political identities as black people.
Table of Contents
- Part I: making sense of the past, reinterpreting the present
- racism, education and inequality in Britain
- racial justice and current policy frameworks
- the educational experiences of black and ethnic minority people
- researching black teachers' lives. Part II: changing lives
- teachers' narratives - case studies
- teacher identities
- the foundations of success - senior educators look back
- managing success. Part III: daring to teach
- to teach or not to teach - sixth form students' viewpoints
- preparing to teach - BEd and PGCE students. Part IV: changing the future
- education, racism and black teachers - structure and response.
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