Black male teachers as role models: Resisting the homogenizing impulse of gender and racial affiliation

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-64

  Rezai Rashti, Goli M ^a   Martino, Wayne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Equity; Gender studies; Race; Teacher knowledge; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951468790     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831209351563     Document Type: Article

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