Educating Our Black Children: New Directions and Radical Approaches / Edition 1

by Richard Majors

Overview

Exclusion and miseducation of black children is endemic in the US and UK. This book takes a long, hard look at the two countries and uncovers what they can learn from each other in their approaches to tackling this problem. The material in the book is the result of extensive work with educators, researchers and scholars working in the area of education and disaffection in the US and the UK.
Richard Majors and his contributors are at the vanguard of research into this topic and this book is one of the most important titles published on the education of black children in recent times.
Gathering together the issues and looking at real-world approaches, this book does not simply advance the debate: it tables some serious solutions to serious problems.
This is a ground-breaking book based on cutting-edge research from writers and experts recognised the world over for their expertise. People will take note of what this book has to say.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750709651
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/10/2001
Series:	Studies in Inclusive Education Ser.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

1. 50 Years of Failure: 'Race' and Education Policy in Britain David Gillborn 2. The Education of Black Children: Why do Some Schools do Better than Others? M. Blair 3. Academic Disidentification: Unravelling Underachievement among Black Boys Jason W. Osborne 4. The African-centred Worldview - Developing Effective Educational Strategies to Enhance the Development and Achievement of Young People of African Descent Mekada J. Graham 5. Lessons from America: The African American Immersion Schools Experiment Diane S. Pollard and Cheryl S. Ajiortutu 6. Black Supplementary Schools: Spaces of Radical Blackness Dr Diane Reay and Dr Heidi Safia Mirza 7. The Exclusions of Black Children: Implications for a Racialised Perspective Richard Majors, David Gillborn and Tony Sewell 8. Educational Psychology, Equal Opportunities and Exclusions: Towards a New Framework Karl Brooks and Denny Grant 9. Black Exclusions in Moral Vacuum Richard Harris and Carl Parsons 10. Enhancing Achievement in Adolescent Black Males: The Rites of Passage Link Keith A. Alford, Patrick McKenry and Stephen M. Gavazzi 11. An After School Manhood Development Program Aminifu Harvey 12. Black Boys at School: Negotiating Masculinities and Race James Davis 13. Black Boys and Schooling: An Intervention Framework for Solving the Dilemmas of Masculinity, Identity and Underachievement Tony Sewell 14. Mentoring Black Males: Responding to the Crisis in Education and Social Alienation Richard Majors, Vince Wilkinson and Bill Gulam 15. School Based Mentoring for Minority Youth: Program Components and Evaluation Strategies Teresa Garate-Serafini, Fabricio E. Balcazar, Christopher B. Keys and Julie Weitlauf

Editorial Reviews

'In his latest book Majors, together with other authors in the field, dissects the experience of young black boys inside British schools. The book paints a bleak picture.' - The Guardian

'This book represents an excellent analysis of the negative results that colour-blind policies bring and it can be seen as an opportunity to learn from successful policies and practices ... The book is of paramount importance for all those interested in education in general and for those who seek to understand the genesis and consequences, the how and the why of the huge underachievement and the exclusion of ethnic minorities, mostly black males.' - Intercultural Education

'This book represents an excellent analysis of the negative results that colour-blind policies bring and it can be seen as an opportunity to learn from successful policies and practices ... The book is of paramount importance for all those interested in education in general and for those who seek to understand the genesis and consequences, the how and the why of the huge underachievement and the exclusion of ethnic minorities, mostly black males.' - Intercultural Education

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