Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2022
Publication Title
Journal of African American Males in Education (JAAME)
Volume
13
Issue
2
Pages
35751 (1-19 pp.)
Abstract
In light of the teacher shortage and increased emphasis on diversifying the educator workforce, the recruitment and retention of Black male educators is critical. The researchers focused on how these educators perceive their impact as role models and what others expect from them in K-12 contexts. The researchers administered questionnaires (N=38) and conducted interviews (N=11). Most educators considered themselves to be positive role models, especially for Black students. Expectations about their responsibilities as disciplinarians were positive unless imposed by race or at the expense of perceived academic skills. They needed to prove themselves with respect to academic qualifications. Interpersonal relationships were curtailed by their need for social distance, self-preservation, and dispelling stereotypes. Finally, educators described inequities, lack of support, and underrepresentation of Black males in their schools.
Original Publication Citation
Wallace, D., Bol, L., Hall, K., & Cousins, E. (2022). Black male educators matter: Modeling and expectations in K-12 settings. Journal of African American Males in Education (JAAME), 13(2), Article 35751. https://jaamejournal.scholasticahq.com/article/35751
Repository Citation
Wallace, Denelle; Bol, Linda; Hall, Kendra; and Cousins, Erin, "Black Male Educators Matter: Modeling and Expectations in K-12 Settings" (2022). Educational Foundations & Leadership Faculty Publications. 105.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/efl_fac_pubs/105
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African American Studies Commons, Educational Leadership Commons, Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons
Comments
Open Access Policy
The Editorial Board of the Journal of African American Males in Education (JAAME) is committed to disseminating research and scholarship as widely as possible. As a result, JAAME is recognized as a gold open access journal (see Cabell’s), which means all literature published in JAAME is freely and immediately available on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself (Budapest Open Access Initiative, n.d.).
© 2022 Wallace et al. Open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license.