ABOUT THE BOOK
The British Education system has been deemed more puissant than other education systems and has been the epitome for students in the United Kingdom to succeed. However, there are many hidden problems in the British education system surrounding race and gender. This research covers through autoethnographic methodology the experiences of a Black male student transitioning into an English teacher in a UK based school. The book not only takes the form of autoethnography, it also explores current students’ thoughts and opinions including rap music as a racialised format and how music helped them through their studies. This book highlights the fact that there are not enough Black male teachers or Black male scholars in academia and how a shift in this setup would help shape education to be a safer and better place for all.
Hi, my name is Bhishma Asare, and I am an English teacher who works within the UK education system. I hold a master’s degree in English Education, which was completed at The Institute of Education, University College London. I have worked in education for a number of years, starting out as a Teaching Assistant, progressing to a cover supervisor. It was after cover supervision that I decided to embark on a PGCE to become a fully qualified English teacher, winning a certificate of achievement from Pearsons National Teaching Award for the Outstanding New Teacher of the Year in my NQT year, later progressing to a middle leader. Although embedded in education as an English Teacher, I run an organisation called Rap Therapy, whereby the focus is merging English language and structural devices with rap to strengthen the mental health of young people through the promotion of positive expression. To date, Rap Therapy has worked with over 9000 young people.
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A BLACK MAN STUCK IN A
WHITE EDUCATION SYSTEM
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A BLACK MAN STUCK IN A
An autoethnography of a Black British English teacher in the British Education system.
WHITE EDUCATION
SYSTEM
Insight
An insight to the Black male experience in the UK education system.
Equality
The importance of treating pupils equally.
Relationships
The importance of positive relationships in tough environments.
Race
A take on Critical Race Theory and unconscious bias.
You make us feel confident about our writing.
You are inspiring every day.
Our lessons are now interesting and engaging.
I’m finally enjoying English.
You make me feel confident to talk aloud in the class.
You make English exciting.
I actually like your lessons, I look forward to them. One of the only teachers I don’t hate.
I like the way you teach, I really understand it and, it really helps me and I’ve really never understood English with other teachers, but I do with you.
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