Education and Careers of Black Teachers

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-335-19775-0
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 308 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Osler, Audrey

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Audrey Osler is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Birmingham, England. She has taught in both primary and secondary schools and was formerly Head of a Teachers' Centre in Hertfordshire. She is the author of Speaking Out: Black Girls in Britain and the co-author of Teacher Education and Human Rights.