Educating Black males : critical lessons in schooling, community, and power / Ronnie Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopkins, Ronnie, 1964-

Series:

SUNY series, urban voices, urban visions.

SUNY series, urban voices, urban visions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American young men--Education.

African American young men.

African American men--Education.

African American men.

Educational innovations--United States.

Educational innovations.

Community and school--United States.

Community and school.

Physical Description:

xvii, 145 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1997.

Summary:

Offers insights into the creation of more effective and empowering schools and classrooms for Black males. Educating Black Males: Critical Lessons in Schooling, Community, and Power offers insights into how we can create more effective and empowering schools and classrooms for Black males. In addition, it examines the larger social reality of American African males and analyzes theoretical contexts of educational theory and practice in alternative education programs and crisis intervention strategies for Black males. It promotes strategies for enhancement of self-esteem and motivation for learning in Black males, thereby analyzing power relations in the classrooms, schools, and community. It is designed as a resource for those concerned with helping American African males to break free from and defy negative stereotypes and fatalistic imaging. Ronnie Hopkins teaches in the Department of English and Foreign Languages, Norfolk State University. He is the CEO and President of A World of Difference: A Multicultural Education Consultation Group, located in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Black Males are Dying- An Overview of the Crises Facing American African Males

2. "A Program of His Own": The Male Academy Movement

3. In the Midst of Storm: A Description of Models

4. The New Program: Approaches to Teaching Black Males

5. Black Male Culture, Power, and Resistance

6. Reclaiming Community, Renaming School: A Community Approach to Teaching Black Males

7. Who Will Teach Our Black Males?: A Call to Action!

8. Conclusion: Ain't Done with My Journey- Teaching for the Promise

Appendix A: Black Male School and Program Features

Appendix B: Addresses and Contact Numbers for Alternative Schools and Programs for American African Males

Appendix C: Interview Excerpts from Phase One Study Participants

Appendix D: Parent-Teacher Interviewing Instrument

Appendix E: School Interviewing Instrument

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-141) and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-0704-1

0-585-07643-X

OCLC:

923397579