African-centered education : theory and practice / Kmt G. Shockley and Kofi Lomotey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lomotey, Kofi, editor.

Shockley, Kmt G., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Race identity.

African Americans.

Afrocentrism--Study and teaching.

Afrocentrism.

African Americans--Education.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Gorham, Maine : Myers Education Press, 2020.

Summary:

"This volume brings together leading scholars and practitioners to address the theory and practice of African-centered education. The contributors provide perspectives on the history, methods, successes and challenges of African-centered education.

Contents:

Afrocentric instructional practices: an assessment

The challenge of developing Imhotep into Imhotep: ruminations from African-centered parents with children in non-African-centered schools

Learning from African-centered pedagogical excellence: implications for recruitment of African-centered teachers

The roots model: African-centered education

From critical pedagogy to revolutionary pedagogy: toward transformative practice

An African-centered nation-building perspective of STEM education for black youth

The biological necessity of an African-centered social support initiative within the African-centered education paradigm

Notes on an Afrikan-centered pedagogy

How shall we sing our sacred song in a strange land

revisited

Elements and outcomes of African-centered education for school leaders and teachers.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-9755-0210-8