African-centered pedagogy : developing schools of achievement for African American children / Peter C. Murrell, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murrell, Peter C., Jr., 1952-2015.

Series:

SUNY series, social context of education

SUNY series, the social context of education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Education.

African Americans.

African Americans--Race identity.

Afrocentrism--Study and teaching--United States.

Afrocentrism.

Afrocentrism--Study and teaching.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxxix, 196 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2002]

Contents:

Part I Framing the Work

1 The Wrong Frames for the Right Problem 3

2 Traditions of African American Education: A Historical Perspective 19

3 Culture, Cognition, and the Community of Achievement 37

Part II Pedagogical Theory for Building A Community of African American Achievement

4 Overview of the Pedagogical Theory 59

5 From a Community of Caring to a Community of Achievement 75

6 Teaching as Assisted Performance in the African American Tradition 103

7 The Classroom Ecology of Culture and Language 115

8 Discourse Practices in a Community of Achievement 125

9 Teaching for Understanding, Learning for Liberation 135

10 Appraising My Own Practice: African-Centered Pedagogy in Preparing Teachers 155.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-191) and index.

ISBN:

0791452913

0791452921

OCLC:

47625448