Out of the Mouths of Babes: Black Male Kindergartners on Culturally Relevant Black Male Teachers

• In Event: 42.083 - Roundtable Session 17
  In Roundtable Session: 42.083-8 - Examining Race and Transgender Identity Politics in Early Childhood Literacy, School Discipline, and Pedagogy

Abstract

Even though Black male teachers have had many successes in teaching children, there has been an overemphasis on the essentialist view of them as social change agents. There are a limited number of studies on culturally relevant Black male teachers, and the scant scholarship which elicits the voices of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds regarding culturally relevant teachers. To examine the experiences of Black male teachers from the vantage point of their Black male students, this manuscript adds to the existing corpse of research centered on Black male teachers. Using a culturally relevant theoretical framework and narrative methodology, this study seeks to determine how Black male kindergarteners perceive the identities, and the pedagogical styles of Black male kindergarten teachers.

Author

• Nathaniel Bryan, University of South Carolina - Columbia