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People of African Caribbean heritage make up about 30% of Britain's 3 million people from ethnic minorities, yet there are very few black teachers in the British compulsory education system. Six black teachers and two white teachers in two British city schools were studied to see if there were characteristics associated with black teachers and their relationships with black students. In all, there were 211 children in the study, all between 5 and 11 years of age. The ethnographic study took place over 6 months in the two schools. Early chapters of the book provide a backdrop to the rest. After an introduction, "Black Teachers: An Endangered Species?" Chapter 2, "Research from a Black Perspective," reviews minority perspectives on the underperformance of black students in British and American schools. Chapter 3, "Language and the Curriculum," explores the language of Caribbean heritage children in British schools, and the position of black teachers and students is considered in Chapter 4, "Language, Culture, and the Schooling Process." Chapter 5, "Black Communications: African Retained Language Patterns in Multi-Ethnic Classrooms," describes the teachers' range of retained African

Author

Callender, Christine

Publisher

Trentham Books Limited, Westview House, 734 London Road, Oakhill, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England ST4 5NP (14.95 pounds); Stylus Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 605, Herndon, VA 20172-0605 ($22)

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781858560724