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African American curriculum
African American self knowledge
African-centered pedagogy
African-centered schools
Afro-centric schools
Afro-centricity and teaching
afrocentric schools
and inclusive African American history
and school culture
anticolonial black history
antiracist pedagogy
antiracist school culture
antiracist teaching methods
Author_Greg Wiggan
Author_Marcia J. Watson-Vandiver
black children
Black education
black student self-knowledge
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Category=JNF
Category=JNT
corrective african american history
education and student achievement
emancipatory schooling
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equity based education case study
high performing African American schools
high school history curriculum
historical context of education
holistic education and school curriculum
identity and student achievement
positive black student identity
positive identity
precolonial black history and positive black student identity
race
SEL and black students
social emotional and learning and African American students
social justice education
sociology of education
teach
teaching history in high schools
teaching history in middle schools
transformative education
Product details
- ISBN 9780807765364
- Weight: 338g
- Dimensions: 154 x 223mm
- Publication Date: 23 Apr 2021
- Publisher: Teachers' College Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Situating the African American learning experience within the stream of historic enslavement and hundreds of years of institutionalized racism, this timely book introduces antiracist foundations for teaching in the 21st century. The authors take a holistic approach that uses Afrocentricity to identify and address critical omissions and distortions in school curricula. Drawing on empirical findings from a high-performing 100% African American school, they identify what teachers and students recognize as successful features of the schools' approach, including a unique learning environment, support systems, spiritual affirmations, evidences of Black education, a reframing of Afrocentricity, and education that promotes positive Black identity. This much-needed book demonstrates the healing power of education; provides evidence of social, emotional, and psychological transformation within the learning experience; and frames education as a tool for liberation.
Book Features:
- Offers a clear chronological analysis of Black education in the United States and across the Diaspora.
- Includes the perceptions and experiences of students and teachers at a successful Afrocentric school.
- Provides the tools needed to teach multicultural histories in an antiracist way.
- Examines the benefits of Afrocentric curricula and the role of corrective history in promoting positive Black identity.
- Explores the intersections of precolonial history, student achievement, and Afrocentric education.
Marcia J. Watson-Vandiver is an assistant professor of education at Towson University. Greg Wiggan is professor of urban education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
