Description
Book SynopsisDeveloping a more culturally diverse teaching force is one of the most important tasks facing the education system in the United States. Yet, in the midst of this challenge, little is known about who these teachers might be or where they might come from.
We Got Next: Urban Education and the Next Generation of Black Teachers illustrates the journeys that Black pre-service teachers travel in their attempts to become educators. By looking at their educational life histories their schooling experiences, teaching philosophies, and personal motivation this book discovers what compels them to become teachers and the struggles and successes they encounter along the way. With texture and care,
We Got Next helps professionals, policymakers, and teacher educators to understand what draws young African Americans toward the teaching profession and how to help them get there.
Trade Review«It is clear Lynnette Mawhinney truly understands what can be conceptualized, studied, and practiced as two disparate fields – urban education and pre-service teacher education, as she sheds light on the intersecting nature of them. Indeed, this is a serious book that will make an important contribution to what we know about the teacher education pipeline, urban education, as well as how to study the lived experiences of Black pre-service teachers.» (From the foreword by H. Richard Milner IV)
«It is clear Lynnette Mawhinney truly understands what can be conceptualized, studied, and practiced as two disparate fields – urban education and pre-service teacher education, as she sheds light on the intersecting nature of them. Indeed, this is a serious book that will make an important contribution to what we know about the teacher education pipeline, urban education, as well as how to study the lived experiences of Black pre-service teachers.» (From the foreword by H. Richard Milner IV)
Table of ContentsContents: Carver University and Teacher Education – Freshman Year: Thinking About Teaching – Sophomore Year: Entering Teacher Education – Junior Year: Practicing Teacher – Senior Year: Certified Teacher – We Got Next: Passing the Torch – Afterword: An Invitation to Dialogue About the Teaching Profession.
