A thought-provoking and fearless exploration of how we can dismantle racism in the classroom and do better by all our students. An Amazon Best Non-Fiction Book of 2022
Before Jeffrey Boakye was a black teacher, he was a black student. Which means he has spent a lifetime navigating places of learning that are white by default.
Since training to teach, he has often been the only black teacher at school. At times seen as a role model, at others a source of curiosity, Boakye's is a journey of exploration - from the outside looking in.
In the groundbreaking I Heard What You Said, he recounts how it feels to be on the margins of the British education system. As a black, male teacher - an English teacher who has had to teach problematic texts - his very existence is a provocation to the status quo, giving him a unique perspective on the UK's classrooms.
Told through a series of eye-opening encounters based on the often challenging and sometimes outrageous things people have said to him or about him - from 'Can you rap?' and 'Have you been in prison?' to 'Stephen who?' - Boakye reflects with passion and wit on what he has found out about the presumptions, silences and distortions that underpin the experience of black students and teachers.
'Hugely important' - Baroness Lawrence
'Deeply compelling, intellectually rigorous and essential' - Nels Abbey
'Makes a powerful case' - Rt Hon Lady Hale
| ISBN: | 9781529063752 |
| Publication date: | 25th May 2023 |
| Author: | Jeffrey Boakye |
| Publisher: | Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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A thought-provoking and fearless exploration of how we can dismantle racism in the classroom and do better by all our students. An Amazon Best Non-Fiction Book of 2022 Before Jeffrey Boakye was a black teacher, he was a black student.
I Heard What You Said features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Memoirs, Moral and social purpose of education, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, Educational strategies and policy: inclusion, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Philosophy and theory of education, Education, Society and Social Sciences, Social and ethical issues, Society and culture: general, Educational strategies and policy
Paperback, Hardback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
I Heard What You Said was written by Jeffrey Boakye and published by Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan
I Heard What You Said has 384 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
