Description
| Product ID: | 9781858568539 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Black British Graduates |
| Subtitle: | Untold stories |
| Authors: | Author: Amanda Arbouin |
| Page Count: | 156 |
| Subjects: | Higher education, tertiary education, Higher & further education, tertiary education |
| Description: | Ten British graduates of African Caribbean heritage review their compulsory and post-compulsory education and their careers. They relate how they navigated the obstructions and microaggressions encountered while pursuing academic qualifications and discuss their choices of employment. A key text for education studies and teacher training courses. Amanda Arbouin breaks new ground in documenting the learning and employment of black graduates in the UK. Ten British graduates of African Caribbean heritage review their education, both compulsory and post-compulsory, and their careers. They relate how they navigated the obstructions and microaggressions encountered while pursuing academic qualifications, and discuss their choices of employment.These graduates offer teachers and academics valuable new insights into educational inequality and its effects. Their views and perspectives make this a key text for courses in education studies, sociology of education and teacher training. The book will also appeal to community activists, employers, educational policymakers, careers advisers and all those who strive for social justice in the education and employment of minoritized groups in the UK. |
| Imprint Name: | Trentham Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Institute of Education Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-02-05 |
