Toward a BlackBoyCrit Pedagogy: Black Boys, Male Teachers, and Early Childhood Classroom Practices

This book is essential for educators, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding the education and lives of Black boys in early childhood settings.
Bryan's book provides a nuanced and comprehensive portrait of Black boys and their male teachers, honoring their voices and challenging one-dimensional perspectives. It explores the impact of stereotypes and perceptions in the classroom and highlights the importance of educators who challenge these practices.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 184 pages
Publication date: 05 November 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book is a crucial and essential resource for educators, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding the education and lives of Black boys in early childhood settings. Drawing on Black Critical Theory and Black Male Studies, and employing portraiture methodology, Bryan explores the experiences of Black boys and their male teachers in ways that affirm their humanity and acknowledge the consequences of existing in a white supremacist system. Bryan's nuanced and comprehensive portraits honor the voices of Black boys and their male teachers, and counter the one-dimensional and essentialist perspectives that proliferate in our schools, which Bryan identifies as anti-Black misandry.

Introducing BlackBoyCrit Pedagogy, Bryan addresses the impact of socially constructed stereotypes and perceptions in the classroom and highlights the importance of educators who challenge such practices. In so doing, he provides a much-needed in-depth examination of pedagogies, literacies, and practices Black male teachers employ, as well as a perceptive view of the academic and social landscapes Black boys must navigate.

This book is a crucial and essential resource for educators, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding the education and lives of Black boys in early childhood settings. Drawing on Black Critical Theory and Black Male Studies, and employing portraiture methodology, Bryan explores the experiences of Black boys and their male teachers in ways that affirm their humanity and acknowledge the consequences of existing in a white supremacist system. Bryan's nuanced and comprehensive portraits honor the voices of Black boys and their male teachers, and counter the one-dimensional and essentialist perspectives that proliferate in our schools, which Bryan identifies as anti-Black misandry.

Introducing BlackBoyCrit Pedagogy, Bryan addresses the impact of socially constructed stereotypes and perceptions in the classroom and highlights the importance of educators who challenge such practices. In so doing, he provides a much-needed in-depth examination of pedagogies, literacies, and practices Black male teachers employ, as well as a perceptive view of the academic and social landscapes Black boys must navigate.

This book is a crucial and essential resource for educators, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding the education and lives of Black boys in early childhood settings. Drawing on Black Critical Theory and Black Male Studies, and employing portraiture methodology, Bryan explores the experiences of Black boys and their male teachers in ways that affirm their humanity and acknowledge the consequences of existing in a white supremacist system. Bryan's nuanced and comprehensive portraits honor the voices of Black boys and their male teachers, and counter the one-dimensional and essentialist perspectives that proliferate in our schools, which Bryan identifies as anti-Black misandry.

Weight: 306g
Dimension: 150 x 228 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367254032