African-American teens discuss their schooling experiences / Gail L. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Gail L., 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Education.

African Americans.

African American high school students--Attitudes.

African American high school students.

Educational surveys--United States.

Educational surveys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For decades, researchers and policymakers have grappled with the issue of the underachievement of African American students. An age-old problem has been that these students on average lag behind their peers of other racial/ethnic groups in math, science, and reading. Recently, California, like some other states, has implemented a high-stakes standardized testing program that has revealed that when test scores are disaggregated along racial/ethnic lines, the scores of African American students continue to trail those of their peers.The study described in this book was undertaken in an effort to uncover schooling practices that are advantageous or detrimental to the achievement of African American students. The study was based on interviews and questionnaire results from nearly 300 African American high school seniors. Most of these students resided in a region that had a low college attendance rate and a high child poverty rate. The students were given an opportunity to discuss numerous issues pertaining to their schooling experiences, including teacher attitudes and expectations, the curriculum, homework practices, the quality of services provided by their high school counselors, racism at school, school safety, parental involvement, and their early reading habits and attitudes about reading. In addition to quantitative results, most chapters include detailed narratives describing the elementary and secondary schooling experiences of the interviewees.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I Elementary School Experiences

1 Elementary School as a Precursor to Subsequent Schooling Experiences

2 Early Reading Habits and Attitudes about Reading

3 Elementary Teachers

4 Elementary Course Work and Homework

Part II Middle School Experiences

5 Middle School Issues

6 Middle School Teachers

7 Middle School Course Work and Homework

Part III High School Experiences

8 High School as an Ending and a Beginning

9 High School Teachers

10 High School Course Work and Homework

Part IV Other Issues

11 Attitudes about College and Future Plans

12 Racism at School

13 School Safety

14 Parent Involvement

15 Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-173) and index.

ISBN:

9798400608292

9786610927937

9781280927935

1280927933

9780313011450

0313011451

OCLC:

70752782