"He Is Not Going to Treat 'Em Any Kinda Way": Black Maternal Caregivers on the Pedagogies and Schooling Practices of a Black Male Kindergarten Teacher

• In Event: Communities of Care: The Possibilities of Collective Engagement in Early Childhood Contexts

Abstract

There is a slow but growing body of literature on the pedagogies and schooling practices of Black male teachers. However, few of these studies elicit the voices of Black maternal caregivers regarding how pedagogies and schooling practices support Black boys in early childhood classrooms. In this article, the author uses a multidimensional framework including Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Critical Race Theory, and Critical Race Feminism and a counterstorytelling methodology to elicit the voices of two Black maternal caregivers who spoke about the pedagogies and schooling practices of a Black male kindergarten teacher. Findings revealed that these caregivers perceived that this Black male teacher as minimizing the intergenerational racialized distrust they have toward White teachers and other educational professionals.

Author

• Nathaniel Bryan, Miami University