The SAGE handbook of African American education / Linda C. Tillman, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tillman, Linda C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Education--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

African Americans.

African American teachers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

African American teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 559 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Handbook of African American education

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This handbook reflects historical and current perspectives on African Americans in secondary and post-secondary education. Its content promotes enquiry and development of questions, ideas and dialogues about critical practice, theory and research about African Americans in the US education system.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; SECTION I: THE EDUCATION OF BLACK FOLK: Historical Perspectives; INTRODUCTION; 1 - TO GAIN AND TO LOSE: The Loving School and the African American Struggle for Education in Columbus, Ohio, 1831-1882; 2 - AFRICAN AMERICAN EDUCATORS AND THE BLACK INTELLECTUAL TRADITION; 3 - "THEY ROSE OR FELL TOGETHER": African American Educators and Community Leadership, 1795-1954; 4 - THE HISTORY OF BLACK WOMEN GRADUATE STUDENTS, 1921-1948; 5 - CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCKAND A HARD PLACE: The Dissolution of Black State Teachers Associations, 1954-1970

SECTION II: THE LANDSCAPE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN U.S. SCHOOLINGINTRODUCTION; 6 - IDENTITY, AGENCY, AND CULTURE: Black Achievement and Educational Attainment; 7 - CULTURAL COMMUNITY PRACTICES AS URBAN CLASSROOM RESOURCES; 8 - PREPARING TEACHERS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN URBAN SCHOOLS; 9 - AFRICAN AMERICAN TEACHERS' CARING BEHAVIORS: The Difference Makes a Difference; 10 - AFTER "IT TAKES A VILLAGE": Mapping the Terrain of Black Parental Involvement in the Post-Brown Era; SECTION III: AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS IN PK-12 EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP; INTRODUCTION

11 - AFRICAN AMERICAN PRINCIPALS AND THE LEGACY OF BROWN12 - LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES IN K-12 URBAN EDUCATION: Prospective African American Administrators' Views on Educating African American Students and Closing the Achievement Gap; 13 - THE CONFLUENCE OF RACE, GENDER, AND GENERATION IN THE LIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN PRINCIPALS; 14 - RACE, LAW, AND LEADERSHIP: Exploring the Interest-Convergence Dilemma; 15 - AFRICAN AMERICAN SUPERINTENDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS; SECTION IV: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN HIGHER EDUCATION; INTRODUCTION

16 - EXCLUSIONS AND ILLUSIONS: Rethinking the Mysterious UC Admissions Process That Disadvantages Deserving African American Students17 - HIP HOP: A Source of Empowerment for African American Male College Students; 18 - CAMPUSWIDE CLIMATE: Implications for African American Students; 19 - HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: Catalysts to Liberation?; 20 - THE POWER OF PATHWAYS: Strategies for the Preparation of African American Faculty; SECTION V: CURRENT ISSUES: Theory and Research on the Participation of African Americans in U.S. Education; INTRODUCTION

21 - CRITICAL RACE STUDIES IN EDUCATION AND THE "ENDARKENED" WISDOM OF CARTER G. WOODSON22 - EDUCATING AND COUNSELING AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS: Recommendations for Teachers and School Counselors; 23 - THE EDUCATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN IN CHARTER SCHOOLS: Four Case Studies; 24 - DISPROPORTIONALITY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN IN SPECIAL EDUCATION: Definition and Dimensions; 25 - TOWARD UNDERSTANDING AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES AND K-12 EDUCATION; SECTION VI: AFRICAN AMERICANS SHAPING EDUCATIONAL POLICY; INTRODUCTION

26 - CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOREDUCATIONAL SUCCESS: Oral Histories of Four African Americans Shaping Education Policy

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781483342665

1483342662

9781782688747

1782688749

9781452261836

1452261830

9781412982788

1412982782

OCLC:

809772101