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A Long Road To Travel: Narratives Of African American Male Preservice Educators' Journeys Through A Graduate Teacher Eduaction Program, Shawn Jones
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations
The ongoing research concerning African American males enrolled in teacher education
programs is essential for a number of reasons. Research specifically addressing preservice
teaching, teacher education, and the African American male student is needed to promote the
well-being of any school of education. According to McCray, Sindelar, Kilgore, and Neal
(2002), colleges of education have addressed the issue of underrepresentation and under
population of African American teachers through policy reform and financial support.
The narratives of African American male preservice teachers and their perspectives on
teacher education may provide a context for other researchers seeking to understand how and
why …