Ethnic Minority Agency in Mainstream Education

Andrew Goodwyn is Emeritus Professor at the University of Reading where he was Head of the Institute of Education, he is a former school teacher and has worked in educational research and scholarship and teacher education, publishing extensively for over 40 years.Nasreen Majid is an educator with over 25 years’ of experience. She is a Lecturer in Education at University College London, UK.Samson Maekele Tsegay is a Research Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. Samson studied MA and PhD degrees in Educational Leadership and Policy.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: The possibilities of a racially just society, towards concrete utopias; Andrew Goodwyn, Samson Maekele Tsegay, and Nasreen Majid Chapter 2. BAME Professionals in England: National and Regional Issues; Samson Maekele Tsegay and Tarisai Chikomba Chapter 3. From ECT to SLT: Black teachers’ progression into educational leadership roles in primary schools in England; Steve Connolly and Esther Idowu Chapter 4. Who supports the support staff? The experiences of BAME Teaching Assistants and Supply Staff?; Cathal Butler Chapter 5. Prevailing against the odds: The challenges and resilience of teachers of colour; Andrew Goodwyn Chapter 6. Working in the white [not ivory] tower: The experiences of BAME academics in Higher Education Institutions; Andrew Goodwyn and Nasreen Majid Chapter 7. Bedfordshire's first black male police officer: Memoir and collaboration as education; Oli Belas, Nicola Darwood, and Eric Edwin Chapter 8. Conclusion and Recommendations; Andrew Goodwyn, Nasreen Majid, and Samson Maekele Tsegay