Too much schooling, too little education : a paradox of black life in white societies / Mwalimu J. Shujaa, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shujaa, Mwalimu, editor.

Madhubuti, Haki R., 1942- writer of foreword.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Education--Social aspects.

African Americans.

African Americans--Education--History.

African Americans--Education.

History.

Discrimination in education--United States.

Discrimination in education.

United States.

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton, New Jersey : Africa World Press, Inc., 1994.

Summary:

This book is an attempt to illustrate and demonstrate some of the ways we can use our cultural base to educate children. Don't leave the education of your children simply to those whose purposes are different from your own and expect the children to grow up and follow the path of your ancestors.

Contents:

Foreword. Cultural Work: Planting New Trees with New Seeds / Haki R. Madhubuti

Part One. Evaluating Our Assumptions About Education and Schooling: Developing African-centered Orientations to Knowledge

Part Two. African-American Education Initiatives: Historical Resistance to Schooling

Part Three. African-American Experiences in Schools and Perspectives on Schooling

Part Four. African-Centered Pedagogy: An Absolute Necessity for African-Centered Education

Part Five: Patterns of Resistance to European-Centered Schooling: Reclaiming Responsibility for Education our Own.

Notes:

"Book Design: Jonathan Gullery."

"Cover Art: Amon Ra Ptah Hotep Imhotep. Cover Design: Carles J. Juzang."

"First Printing, 1994."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0865433852

0865433860

OCLC:

29520018