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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827024403321

Titolo

Black education : a transformative research & action agenda for the new century / / edited by Joyce E. King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005

ISBN

1-135-60278-6

1-135-60279-4

1-282-37536-9

9786612375361

1-4106-1391-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (474 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KingJoyce Elaine <1947->

Disciplina

370/.8996

Soggetti

Blacks - Education

Discrimination in education

Action research

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. 377-420) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I: Theorizing Transformative Black Education Research and Practice; Part II: Taking Culture Into Account: Learning Theory and Black Education; Part III: Expanding the Knowledgebase in Black Education and Research Globally; Part IV: Engaging the Language and Policy Nexus in African Education; Part V: Situating Equity Policy and Pedagogy in the Political Economic Context; Part VI: Humanizing Education: Diverse Voices; Part VII: Globalizing the Struggle for Black Education: African and Diaspora Experiences

Part VIII: "Ore Ire"-Catalyzing Transformation in the Academy: Our Charge to KeepAfterword; Postscript; Appendix A: A Transformative Research and Action Agenda for Human Freedom in the New Century; Appendix B-1: Black Education, Toward the Human, After "Man": In the Manner of a Manifesto; Appendix B-2: Race and Our Biocentric Belief System: An Interview With Sylvia Wynter; Appendix C: A Glossary of Terms; Contributing Authors; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

<![CDATA[This volume presents the findings and recommendations of



the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Commission on Research in Black Education (CORIBE) and offers new directions for research and practice. By commissioning an independent group of scholars of diverse perspectives and voices to investigate major issues hindering the education of Black people in the U.S., other Diaspora contexts, and Africa, the AERA sought to place issues of Black education and research practice in the forefront of the agenda of the scholarly community. An unprecedented critical challenge to o