Cover; Gender, Race, and the Politics of Role Modelling: The Influence of Male Teachers; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 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 Community10. Do the Gender and Race of the Teachers Really Matter?: Students' Perspectives on Role Modelling; 11. Conclusion: Towards a Social Imaginary Beyond Role Modelling; Notes; About the Authors; References; Index
Summary
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. By including the perspectives of minority teachers and students, and by drawing on feminist, queer and anti-racist frameworks, this book rejects the familiar tendency to resort to role modelling
