I Heard What You Said
A Black Teacher, A White System
Seiten
2023
Picador (Verlag)
978-1-5290-6375-2 (ISBN)
Picador (Verlag)
978-1-5290-6375-2 (ISBN)
Thought-provoking, witty and completely unafraid to call out some of the most pressing issues of our times, this sharp analysis of racism in education is also a vision for how to do better by all our students.
Shortlisted for the Bread & Roses Award
An Amazon Best Non-Fiction Book of The Year
‘Essential reading‘ – The Guardian
‘Sharp and witty with moments of startling candour‘ – The i
‘Revealing and beautifully written‘ – David Harewood
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A thought-provoking and fearless exploration of how we can dismantle racism in the classroom and do better by all our students.
???????Before Jeffrey Boakye was a black teacher, he was a black student. Which means he has spent a lifetime navigating places of learning that are white by default. Since training to teach, he has often been the only black teacher at school. At times seen as a role model, at others a source of curiosity, Boakye’s is a journey of exploration – from the outside looking in.
In the groundbreaking I Heard What You Said, he recounts how it feels to be on the margins of the British education system. As a black, male teacher – an English teacher who has had to teach problematic texts – his very existence is a provocation to the status quo, giving him a unique perspective on the UK’s classrooms.
Told through a series of eye-opening encounters based on the often challenging and sometimes outrageous things people have said to him or about him – from ‘Can you rap?‘ and ‘Have you been in prison?‘ to ‘Stephen who?‘ – Boakye reflects with passion and wit on what he has found out about the presumptions, silences and distortions that underpin the experience of black students and teachers.
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‘Hugely important‘ – Baroness Lawrence
‘Deeply compelling, intellectually rigorous and essential‘ – Nels Abbey
‘Makes a powerful case‘ – Rt Hon Lady Hale
Shortlisted for the Bread & Roses Award
An Amazon Best Non-Fiction Book of The Year
‘Essential reading‘ – The Guardian
‘Sharp and witty with moments of startling candour‘ – The i
‘Revealing and beautifully written‘ – David Harewood
_____
A thought-provoking and fearless exploration of how we can dismantle racism in the classroom and do better by all our students.
???????Before Jeffrey Boakye was a black teacher, he was a black student. Which means he has spent a lifetime navigating places of learning that are white by default. Since training to teach, he has often been the only black teacher at school. At times seen as a role model, at others a source of curiosity, Boakye’s is a journey of exploration – from the outside looking in.
In the groundbreaking I Heard What You Said, he recounts how it feels to be on the margins of the British education system. As a black, male teacher – an English teacher who has had to teach problematic texts – his very existence is a provocation to the status quo, giving him a unique perspective on the UK’s classrooms.
Told through a series of eye-opening encounters based on the often challenging and sometimes outrageous things people have said to him or about him – from ‘Can you rap?‘ and ‘Have you been in prison?‘ to ‘Stephen who?‘ – Boakye reflects with passion and wit on what he has found out about the presumptions, silences and distortions that underpin the experience of black students and teachers.
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‘Hugely important‘ – Baroness Lawrence
‘Deeply compelling, intellectually rigorous and essential‘ – Nels Abbey
‘Makes a powerful case‘ – Rt Hon Lady Hale
Jeffrey Boakye is an author, broadcaster, educator and journalist with a particular interest in issues surrounding race, masculinity, education and popular culture. Originally from Brixton in London, Jeffrey has taught secondary English for fifteen years. He is a senior teaching fellow at the University of Manchester and has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Leicester. Jeffrey’s books include Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials and the Meaning of Grime; Black, Listed: Black British Culture Explored, and What is Masculinity? Why Does it Matter? And Other Big Questions. He is also the co-presenter of BBC Radio 4’s double award-winning Add to Playlist. He now lives in Yorkshire with his wife and two sons.
Erscheinungsdatum | 16.05.2023 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 130 x 196 mm |
Gewicht | 272 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-5290-6375-2 / 1529063752 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5290-6375-2 / 9781529063752 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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