1st Edition

The Color of Teaching

By June Gordon Copyright 2000
140 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

One of the major concerns in education at present is how to recruit and attract more teachers from ethnic minorities. In an attempt to move beyond the superficial and simplistic responses as to why these students are not entering teaching this book presents in-depth interviews with over two hundred people from four ethnic groups: African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans and... Read more
1. The Issues and the Research 2. African American Teachers 3. Latino Teachers 4. Native American Teachers 5. Asian American Teachers 6. On Race-Matched Teaching 7. Reforming Teacher Education 8. Recommendations for Recruiting Students of Colour into the Profession 9. Interpretations 10. A Note on Sources

Biography

June Gordon