Full Description
Ethnic Minority Agency in Mainstream Education provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of BAME educational professionals in a regional environment, dominated by racism, both explicit and implicit. Each chapter is informed by original research examining these different strands of the teaching profession and revealing the stories of their aspirations and obstacles in becoming successful educators. Irrespective of the role, position, level of experience of BAME professionals in mainstream education, there is a thread of marginalisation, injustice and oppression that runs through their individual and collective narratives.
Across the various chapters the experiences of school leaders, teachers, teaching assistants and teacher educators are captured through the empirical research which foregrounds the exploration, analysis and discussion. For some of the authors, their lived experience is intertwined with their chapter content and for others a candid examination of their ontological positioning and its impact on the storied experiences of their research participant.
Ethnic Minority Agency in Mainstream Education offers a platform for senior leaders in mainstream education to take action based on the findings of this research. Recommendations for change and reform focused on the regional experience of BAME educators are presented, demonstrating the urgency for more targeted action to centre support for BAME professionals and to remove the explicit and implicit barriers.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: The possibilities of a racially just society, towards concrete utopias; Andrew Goodwyn, Samson Maekele Tsegay, and Nasreen Majid
Chapter 2. BAME Professionals in England: National and Regional Issues; Samson Maekele Tsegay and Tarisai Chikomba
Chapter 3. From ECT to SLT: Black teachers' progression into educational leadership roles in primary schools in England; Steve Connolly and Esther Idowu
Chapter 4. Who supports the support staff? The experiences of BAME Teaching Assistants and Supply Staff?; Cathal Butler
Chapter 5. Prevailing against the odds: The challenges and resilience of teachers of colour; Andrew Goodwyn
Chapter 6. Working in the white [not ivory] tower: The experiences of BAME academics in Higher Education Institutions; Andrew Goodwyn and Nasreen Majid
Chapter 7. Bedfordshire's first black male police officer: Memoir and collaboration as education; Oli Belas, Nicola Darwood, and Eric Edwin
Chapter 8. Conclusion and Recommendations; Andrew Goodwyn, Nasreen Majid, and Samson Maekele Tsegay
