Education and Careers of Black Teachers by Audrey Osler

Education and Careers of Black Teachers by Audrey Osler

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.

"In charting the life histories of black teachers and senior educators, the book shows that the education system has a long way to go before equality is a reality" - TES "Many teachers, and especially those who are black and from ethnic minorities, will find a great deal in the book affirms their own experience. Some may find the various accounts of racism in it disturbing, for they may be among those who believe still that educated professionals cannot, by definition, be racist." - British Journal of Educational Studies "Audrey Osler has written a most fascinating and challenging book which combines together an extensive and creative review of the various literature on education and racism and ethnicity together with the most intriguing accounts of the careers of teachers and their identities not only is the book a reflexive account from the point of view of the teachers' but it is also carefully interlaced with the views of students and how they might fare in education, given the nature of racism and the treatment of ethnicity in educationat all levels ... These stories are perhaps not a pleasure but a compulsive read ...I found the whole book extremely gripping" - Educational Review

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.

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ISBN 13	9780335197750
ISBN 10	0335197752
Title	Education and Careers of Black Teachers
Author	Audrey Osler
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Open University Press
Year published	1997-09-16
Number of pages	226
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