Educating African American Students: Foundations, Curriculum, and ExperiencesAbul Pitre, Ph. D. Pitre, Ruth Ray, Twana Hilton-Pitre Using a combination of case studies and research, the contributors of this timely book highlight some of the significant issues, historical, curricular, and societal, that have led to African American students having a proportionally larger representation in special education classes, higher drop-put rates, and more incidences of in-school, race-on-race violence. The contributors draw from critical pedagogy, multicultural education, and the Afrocentric canon to critique the American educational system. Educating African American Students examines historical issues that are significant for understanding the current state of affairs for African American education; addresses problems and issues in social studies education, mathematics education, and the overrepresentation of African American males in special education; and poignantly illuminates the necessity for renewed activism by telling the stories of African American children and their schooling experiences. |
Contents
The Impact of Desegregation on African Americans | 3 |
CHAPTER 02 The Context of African AmericanEducational Performance | 19 |
The Need for Knowledge of Self | 33 |
Part II CURRICULUM | 47 |
CHAPTER 04 Rethinking the Social Studies Curriculum for African American Students | 49 |
CHAPTER 05 Increasing the Level of Mathematics Achievement in African American Male Adolescents | 65 |
An Examination of the Referral Process in the K12 Public School Setting | 79 |
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN SCHOOL | 93 |
CHAPTER 07 African American Males in Urban Schools | 95 |
An Analysis of the Student Perspective | 107 |
Student Narratives of a Black History Program | 125 |
HighAchieving African American Mathematics Students in Schools Deemed Academically Unacceptable | 139 |
The Empowerment Groups for Academic Success Model | 153 |
About the Editors and Contributors | 171 |
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