Gender, Race, and the Politics of Role Modelling: The Influence of Male Teachers

ISBN-13: 9780415878661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 286 str.

Wayne J. Martino; Goli Rezai-Rashti

Opis

This book provides an illuminating account of teachers' own reflections on their experiences of teaching in urban schools. It was conceived as a direct response to policy-related and media-generated concerns about male teacher shortage and offers a critique of the call for more male role models in elementary schools to address important issues regarding gender, race and the politics of representation.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Male Teacher Shortage and the Politics of Representation  3. Black Teachers’ Narratives About Role Modelling and Representation  4. Beyond Race-Role Modelling: Black Male Teachers as Organic Intellectuals  5. The Question of Male Privilege  6. The Scourge of Repressive Female Authority  7. The Case of Male Bonding and the Demonization of Female Teachers  8. The Lure of Hegemonic Masculinity for Male Elementary School Teachers  9. The Politics of Multiculturalism, Representation and Role Modelling in a Multi-Racial Muslim School Community  10. Do the Gender and Race of Teachers Really Matter? Students’ Perspectives on Role Modelling  11. Conclusion: Towards a Social Imaginary Beyond Role Modelling

O autorze

Wayne Martino is Professor of Education in the Faculty of Education at The University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Goli Rezai-Rashti is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at The University of Western Ontario, Canada.