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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hale, Janice E., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American children--Education.

African American children.

Discrimination in education--United States.

Discrimination in education.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

Summary:

The instruction should be so delightful that the children love coming to school and find learning to be fun and exciting."--Janice Hale.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

0-8018-9808-0

OCLC:

923195055