Developing the Next Generation of Black Male Teacher Researchers Through Undergraduate Research

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

There is a growing body of research focused on in-service Black male teachers. However, studies of pre-service Black male teachers in teacher education and participate in undergraduate research are scant. Focusing on pre-service Black male teachers in teacher education programs fills an important gap in the Black male teacher research literature. Grounded in participatory action research, this session provides an overview of the research process, pre-service Black male teachers’ research, and perspectives of Black male teacher researchers who collaborated with the undergraduate researchers. This session provides insight into ways of recruiting traditional and nontraditional Black males into teacher education programs, retaining them in teacher education programs, engaging them undergraduate research, and preparing them for a career in the teaching profession.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research Focus on Black Education

Chair

• Marvin Lynn, Portland State University

Papers

• Introducing the Blerd (Black Nerd) Male Teacher - Brandon Wesley McKay-Davis, Prince George's County Public Schools

• An Exploration of a Free-Spirited Preservice Black Male Mathematics Teacher - Avery Thomas, Bowie State University

• Reconceptualizing the Black Male Preacher as a Teacher - John Watts

• Engaging the Nontraditional Black Male Teacher in Undergraduate Research - Ramon Goings, Loyola University Maryland

• Exposing Preservice Black Male Teachers to the National Board Teacher Certification Process Through an Undergraduate Research Experience - Wilbur Parker, Bowie State Unviersity

• About Me, Me, Me: Examining Subjectivity, Positionality, and Reflexivity - Keisha McIntosh Allen, University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Discussant

• Julius Davis, Bowie State University