Learning While Black : Creating Educational Excellence for African-American Children.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (253 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1 Breaking the Silence -- CHAPTER 1 Mastery and Excellence versus the Bell Curve -- CHAPTER 2 Playing by the Rules -- CHAPTER 3 African American Goals and Closed Doors -- CHAPTER 4 Down the Up Escalator -- PART 2 Creating the Village -- CHAPTER 5 Twenty-First-Century Education Project: Report and Recommendations -- CHAPTER 6 A Model for Culturally Appropriate Pedagogy -- CHAPTER 7 The Role of the African American Church in Creating the Village -- CHAPTER 8 Where Do We Go from Here? A Call to Action -- APPENDIX: The Church's Educational and Advocacy Mission with African American Children: Cognitive, Affective, and Religious Context -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
The instruction should be so delightful that the children love coming to school and find learning to be fun and exciting."--Janice Hale.
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African American children-Education. Discrimination in education-United States. Educational equalization-United States.