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With the emergence of a diverse public school student population,
existing literature affirms the existence of a Black teacher
shortage and the low representation of teachers of color in U.S.
public schools. Although there are over 3 million public school
teachers, African American teachers only comprise approximately 8
percent of the public school teaching workforce. In fact, the
education field is dominated by White, middle-class teachers,
particularly, White female teachers. While the retention of all
teachers of color is a pertinent issue, an examination of Black
female teachers who can assist in diversifying the teaching field
is timely and warranted. Despite Black females' historic role in
public education and that teaching is a female-dominated
profession, Black female teachers represent only 7.7 percent of the
American teaching force, while students of color represent almost
49 percent of the total student enrolment. This important, timely,
and provocative book places recruitment and retention of Black
female teachers at the center. The contributions address not only
the recruitment of Black female teachers but also discuss
mechanisms necessary to retain them. Thus, this collection not only
focuses on recruiting and retaining Black female teachers for the
sake of having their representation in schools; rather, authors
consider some of the implicit (and overt) nuances that these
teachers experience in schools across the United States.
The purposes of this book are rooted in the move from invisibility
to visibility and silence to voice. This work uses auto ethnography
as an enterprise to break down traditional barriers that support
the invisibility of diverse epistemologies (Altheide &
Johnson,2011). The reality of invisibility and silence has plagued
scholars of colour in their attempt to make known the cultural
significance found in the planning and execution of research. As a
result, this book purposes to support the visibility and voice of
scholars of colour who conduct auto ethnographic research from a
racial, gendered, and critical theoretical framework. This work
further supports the research community as it examines and
re-examines culturally indigenous epistemologies as a viable
vehicle for rigorous and authentic inquiry (Dillard, 2000). The
significance of this book can be grafted from its attention to new
ways of thinking about doing research. While much of the previous
scholarship on auto ethnography highlights the importance of
personal narrative and voice, this book includes the latter but
also examines the concept of race and culture as undisputable
factors in the doing of research. Burdell & Swadener (1999)
contends that auto ethnography should interrogate the subjective
nature and question master narratives and empirical assumptions.
Spry (2011) emphasizes auto ethnography as a moral discourse that
foster intimate experiences grounded in historical processes.
Authoethnographic research then, has the potential to provide a
lens by which researchers can delve into research with a greater
sense of personal experiences and critical understanding of the
inquiry context.
The purposes of this book are rooted in the move from invisibility
to visibility and silence to voice. This work uses auto ethnography
as an enterprise to break down traditional barriers that support
the invisibility of diverse epistemologies (Altheide &
Johnson,2011). The reality of invisibility and silence has plagued
scholars of colour in their attempt to make known the cultural
significance found in the planning and execution of research. As a
result, this book purposes to support the visibility and voice of
scholars of colour who conduct auto ethnographic research from a
racial, gendered, and critical theoretical framework. This work
further supports the research community as it examines and
re-examines culturally indigenous epistemologies as a viable
vehicle for rigorous and authentic inquiry (Dillard, 2000). The
significance of this book can be grafted from its attention to new
ways of thinking about doing research. While much of the previous
scholarship on auto ethnography highlights the importance of
personal narrative and voice, this book includes the latter but
also examines the concept of race and culture as undisputable
factors in the doing of research. Burdell & Swadener (1999)
contends that auto ethnography should interrogate the subjective
nature and question master narratives and empirical assumptions.
Spry (2011) emphasizes auto ethnography as a moral discourse that
foster intimate experiences grounded in historical processes.
Authoethnographic research then, has the potential to provide a
lens by which researchers can delve into research with a greater
sense of personal experiences and critical understanding of the
inquiry context.
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