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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791447203321

Autore

Hale Janice E. <1948->

Titolo

Learning while Black [[electronic resource] ] : creating educational excellence for African American children / / Janice E. Hale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-8018-9808-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

371.82996073

Soggetti

African American children - Education

Discrimination in education - United States

Educational equalization - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""