Black Teachers of English(es) in Japan

Transnational, Professional and Pedagogical Encounters
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-80041-633-8
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 459 g

This book examines the pedagogical and professional experiences of a transnational group of teachers from the African continent and diaspora who made the decision to live and teach English in Japan. Through a layered analytical framework, it explores how these teachers struggle to negotiate their raciolinguistic identities in contexts that may prove to be professionally supportive in some cases but marginalizing in others. The author contends that although multiculturalism and diversity within ELT in Japan may currently seem to be more prevalent, the agency that Black teachers exercise in promoting their own cultures and language varieties may be constrained depending on the characteristics of the institutions in which they teach. The issues raised in this volume will be relevant to educators, administrators, curriculum and materials developers, and researchers committed to promoting equity, racial harmony and intercultural understanding in language education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glasgow, Gregory Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgements

Acronyms and Useful Terms

Introduction

Part 1: Theoretical Framework and Contextual Background

Chapter 1. Situating the Research: Criticality and Race in TESOL

Chapter 2. Intersecting Paths: A History of Africana–East Asian Cultural Exchanges

Chapter 3. From ELT to Global Englishes Language Teaching: Contextual Challenges in Japan

Part 2: Research Findings and Implications

Chapter 4. Why Japan? Digital Discourses, Psychobiographies and Justifications

Chapter 5. Navigating Race and Identity in Educational Settings: Encounters and Insights

Chapter 6. Incorporating African/Diaspora Cultures into English Language Education

Chapter 7. Black Teachers of English(es) in Japan: Adaptive Selves in the Social World

Chapter 8. Imagining the Future: Afrofuturism and Inclusive English Education Policies

References

Über Autor(innen)

Glasgow, Gregory Paul
Gregory Paul Glasgow is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Kanda University of International Studies, Japan. He is the editor of Multiculturalism, Language, and Race in English Education in Japan: Agency, Pedagogy, and Reckoning (2023, Candlin & Mynard e-Publishing).