Download or read book Investigating the Lived Experiences of Young Black Boys in Predominantly White Elementary Schools written by Damian Patton and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To better understand the challenges Black boys face, one needs to understand the obstacles they face. The purpose of this study was to focus on the lived experiences of Black boys in predominantly White elementary schools (PWES). My desire in conducting the study was to better understand young Black boys' experiences in a PWES and then use this knowledge to help school leaders and educators provide better educational experiences for other young Black boys. This qualitative analysis detailed the narratives and interviews of three families with Black sons who attend a PWES. The study offered an opportunity for them to share how young Black boys and their parents describe the benefits and challenges of being in a PWES, how young Black boys describe the school's culture, and how practices of teachers and administrators affect the experiences of young Black boys in a PWES. Throughout this study I learned that parents have not been able to find that environment for their sons so, they constantly battle between academics and social well-being. The results of implementing "counter-spaces" and making these spaces available to assist with affirming Black boys' racial identity, creating targeted professional development plans for the staff focused on racial identity and race consciousness, also creating mentor support programs focused on engaging the staff, the Black boys, and their parents in meaningful conversations around race will make the Black boys feel valued. Also, an intentional recruitment plan to hire and retain diverse teacher candidates will benefit the school and the district.

Download or read book The Lived Experience of African American Parents of Middle School Boys at a Predominantly White Elite Private School written by Debra Elaine Smith and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parental involvement has been associated positively with school success across ethnic groups (Hong & Ho, 2005). Yet, some African American parents were found to be more alienated from school than were White parents (Abrams & Gibbs, 2002). One of the most consistent findings in educational research is the under achievement of African American males (Lee, 2003), and a recent report chronicled the pervasive and systematic failure of public schools to educate African American males (Schott, 2008). In the southeastern region, only 40% of African American males graduate from high school (Schott); however, in the post-Civil Rights era, advances in racial equity in education and other arenas of society have created a growing African American middle class (McKinnon, 2003). The southeast region has the largest percent of affluent African Americans (Miller, 2002), and a growing number of these upper middle class African American parents are sending their children to private schools because they are dissatisfied with the lack of rigor in the public school experience (Freedman,2004). This is a new phenomenon that warrants study. Currently, there are no empirical studies on middle class African American parents who send their children to private schools. The purpose of this study was to explore the ways 12 African American couples of middle school boys experience a predominantly White elite private school. To undertake this qualitative investigation, a phenomenological approach incorporating grounded theory was utilized. This research approach is well suited for exploratory investigation of phenomena that are not yet clearly defined within the literature (Creswell, 1998). Data were collected from the couple interviews, focus group, demographic information, and reflexive journal. Five overarching themes emerged from the analysis of the data: better opportunity/brand, parental connection, selective engagement, parental struggle, and parental marginalization. These results are informative and significant to research and practice. Ultimately, it is hoped that this study may contribute to the efforts of providing a quality education to African American male students and satisfaction to their parents in the areas of diversity and inclusion at predominantly White elite private schools.

Download or read book Generation Mixed Goes to School written by Ralina L. Joseph and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounded in the life experiences of children, youth, teachers, and caregivers, this book investigates how implicit bias affects multiracial kids in unforeseen ways. Drawing on critical mixed-race theory and developmental psychology, the authors employ radical listening to examine both how these children experience school and what schools can do to create more welcoming learning environments. They examine how the silencing of mixed-race experiences often creates a barrier to engaging in nuanced conversations about race and identity in the classroom, and how teachers are finding powerful ways to forge meaningful connections with their mixed-race students. This is a book written from the inside, integrating not only theory and research but also the authors’ own experiences negotiating race and racism for and with their mixed-race children. It is a timely and essential read not only because of our nation’s changing demographics, but also because of our racially hostile political climate. Book Features: Examination of the most contemporary issues that impact mixed-race children and youth, including the racialized violence with which our country is now reckoning.Guided exercises with relevant, action-oriented information for educators, parents, and caregivers in every chapter.Engaging storytelling that brings the school worlds of mixed-race children and youth to life.Interdisciplinary scholarship from social and developmental psychology, critical mixed-race studies, and education. Expansion of the typical Black/White binary to include mixed-race children from Asian American, Latinx, and Native American backgrounds.

Download or read book Real Talk written by Effat Id-Deen and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As our country currently exists, racism and anti-Blackness via racial violence, police brutality, police shootings of unarmed Black people, race riots, and public shootings are commonplace. What is uncommon, is discourse surrounding race, racism, racialized and gendered experiences, and their impact on the lives of Black youth, specifically Black boys. The racial milieu in which Black boys exist, the meanings and stereotypes attached to their race and gender, and the racist encounters and racialized and gendered experiences they endure, deeply impact how they know, see and understand themselves. However, there is little inquiry into how these racial understandings and racialized and gendered experiences inform how and why Black youth see and understand themselves in the manners in which they do. This is notably evidenced among Black boys in middle school, who are rarely, if at all, given space to engage in conversations about race, racism, racial and gender socialization processes, and their overall identities and constructions of self.Real Talk examined how Black boys attending a predominantly white middle school made sense of and experienced race and racism and the impact that racialization and gendering had on their self-concepts. Using narrative research grounded in phenomenology, this study used qualitative interviews, student artifacts, and non-participant observations to highlight the role of race and gender in the daily lives of eight Black boys, illustrating how racism, anti-Blackness, and power operate within society and school settings. Guided by three theoretical and conceptual influences, Black boyhood, Critical Race Theory in education, and anti-Blackness in education, this study addressed three questions: (1) How do Black boys attending a predominantly white middle school understand and experience race and racism?; (2) How might these understandings and experiences inform their self-concept as they enter and move through the middle school grades?; and (3) What practices and structures create and maintain affirming experiences and supportive spaces for Black boys attending a predominantly white middle school? Findings in this study revealed that Black boys are indeed knowers, self-authors, and social and cultural actors in their racialized and gendered experiences. The boys in Real Talk demonstrated the ways they individually and collectively understood race and gender and their impact on their identities and perceptions of self. They spoke of the many ways their innocence, intellect, and truth were racialized, unveiling the implicit and explicit ways that racism and anti-Blackness operate in society and schooling contexts. Most importantly, this study uncovered protective factors and positive racial socialization processes that contributed to how these boys developed and maintained Black joy, positive racial, academic, and social identities, and promising outlooks on their lives in the face of racism, anti-Blackness, racialized and gendered stereotypes, race-based implications, and racist ideologies. In the end, the social and cultural space that Real Talk cultivated, proved to be critical for exploring and examining the myriad of factors that impact Black boys' life outcomes, opportunities, identities, and sense of self. In doing so, it highlighted the need to engage in critical dialogue, conscious raising, and real conversations about race, racism, gender, and the racialized and gendered experiences among Black boys at home, school, and other spaces. This research also emphasized the understandings and experiences that Black boys have that contribute to how parents, school practitioners, and educational researchers should engage with them.

Download or read book Embracing Evaluating and Examining African American Children s and Young Adult Literature written by Wanda M. Brooks and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly studies about the use of books by and about African-American children and young adults in classrooms across the United States.

Download or read book The Brilliance of Black Boys written by Brian L. Wright and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This much-needed book will help schools and, by extension, society to better understand and identify the promise, potential, and possibilities of Black boys. Drawing from their wealth of experience in early childhood education, the authors present an asset- and strengths-based view of educating Black boys. This positive approach enables practitioners and school leaders to recognize, understand, and cultivate the diversity of social skills of Black boys in the early grades (pre-K–3rd grade). Each chapter begins with a vignette to illustrate what is lost when Black boys are prevented from participating freely in boyhood, having to instead attend to adult and peer interactions and attitudes that view them as “bad boys” and “troublemakers.” This accessible book provides teachers with classroom strategies to help young Black boys achieve their highest potential, along with other resources for supporting their social-emotional development, such as a reading list of authentic multicultural children’s books with Black boys as protagonists. “The Brilliance of Black Boys claims new ground to advance knowledge and practice that can change the narrative about Black boys and their early schooling.” —From the Foreword by James Earl Davis, Temple University “Wright’s uncommon insight into the world of Black boys unveils a new narrative and gives educators a formula for turning opportunity into advantage.” —Carol Brunson Day, past president, NAEYC “The Brilliance of Black Boys provides counter-stories, theories, paradigms, and resources to skillfully illustrate the strengths of Black boys. Readers will not be disappointed.” —Donna Y. Ford, Vanderbilt University

Download or read book The Pedagogy of Pathologization written by Subini Ancy Annamma and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE 2019 AESA CRITICS' CHOICE BOOK AWARD WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDIES ASSOCIATION ALISON PIEPMEIER BOOK PRIZE Linking powerful first-person narratives with structural analysis, The Pedagogy of Pathologization explores the construction of criminal identities in schools via the intersections of race, disability, and gender. amid the prevalence of targeted mass incarceration. Focusing uniquely on the pathologization of female students of color, whose voices are frequently engulfed by labels of deviance and disability, a distinct and underrepresented experience of the school-to-prison pipeline is detailed through original qualitative methods rooted in authentic narratives. The book’s DisCrit framework, grounded in interdisciplinary research, draws on scholarship from critical race theory, disability studies, education, women’s and girl’s studies, legal studies, and more.

Download or read book Being Bad written by Crystal T. Laura and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being Bad will change the way you think about the social and academic worlds of Black boys. In a poignant and harrowing journey from systems of education to systems of criminal justice, the author follows her brother, Chris, who has been designated a “bad kid” by his school, a “person of interest” by the police, and a “gangster” by society. Readers first meet Chris in a Chicago jail, where he is being held in connection with a string of street robberies. We then learn about Chris through insiders’ accounts that stretch across time to reveal key events preceding this tragic moment. Together, these stories explore such timely issues as the under-education of Black males, the place and importance of scapegoats in our culture, the on-the-ground reality of zero tolerance, the role of mainstream media in constructing Black masculinity, and the critical relationships between schools and prisons. No other book combines rigorous research, personal narrative, and compelling storytelling to examine the educational experiences of young Black males. Book Features: The natural history of an African American teenager navigating a labyrinth of social worlds. A detailed, concrete example of the school-to-prison pipeline phenomenon. Rare insightsof an African American family making sense of, and healing from, school wounds. Suggested resources of reliable places where educators can learn and do more. “Other books have focusedon the school-to-prison pipeline or the educational experiences of young African American males, but I know of none that bring the combination of rigorous research, up-close personal vantage point, and skilled storytelling provided by Laura in Being Bad.” —Gregory Michie, chicago public school teacher, author of Holler If You Hear Me, senior research associate at the Center for Policy Studies and Social Justice, Concordia University Chicago “Refusing to separate the threads that bind the oppressive fabric of contemporary urban life, Laura has crafted a story that is at once astutely critical, funny, engaging, tearful, dialogue-filled, profoundly theoretical, despairing, and filled with hope. Being Bad is a challenge and a gift to students, families, policymakers, soon-to-be teachers, social workers, and ethnographers.” —Michelle Fine, distinguished professor, Graduate Center, CUNY "Perhaps more than any other study on this topic, this book brings to life the complicated, fleshed, lived experience of those most directly and collaterally impacted by the politics of schooling and its relationship to our growing prison nation.” —Garrett Albert Duncan, associate professor of Education and African & African-American Studies, Washington University in St. Louis

Download or read book The Trouble With Black Boys written by Pedro A. Noguera and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2008-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years to come, race will continue to be a source of controversy and conflict in American society. For many of us it will continue to shape where we live, pray, go to school, and socialize. We cannot simply wish away the existence of race or racism, but we can take steps to lessen the ways in which the categories trap and confine us. Educators, who should be committed to helping young people realize their intellectual potential as they make their way toward adulthood, have a responsibility to help them find ways to expand identities related to race so that they can experience the fullest possibility of all that they may become. In this brutally honest—yet ultimately hopeful— book Pedro Noguera examines the many facets of race in schools and society and reveals what it will take to improve outcomes for all students. From achievement gaps to immigration, Noguera offers a rich and compelling picture of a complex issue that affects all of us.

Download or read book The Handbook of Research on Black Males written by Theodore S. Ransaw and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from the work of top researchers in various fields, The Handbook of Research on Black Males explores the nuanced and multifaceted phenomena known as the black male. Simultaneously hyper-visible and invisible, black males around the globe are being investigated now more than ever before; however, many of the well-meaning responses regarding media attention paid to black males are not well informed by research. Additionally, not all black males are the same, and each of them have varying strengths and challenges, making one-size-fits-all perspectives unproductive. This text, which acts as a comprehensive tool that can serve as a resource to articulate and argue for policy change, suggest educational improvements, and advocate judicial reform, fills a large void. The contributors, from multidisciplinary backgrounds, focus on history, research trends, health, education, criminal and social justice, hip-hop, and programs and initiatives. This volume has the potential to influence the field of research on black males as well as improve lives for a population that is often the most celebrated in the media and simultaneously the least socially valued.

Download or read book ECRM2008 Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Research Methods written by Ann Brown and published by Academic Conferences Limited. This book was released on 2008 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Examining the Impact of Trauma written by Bradley D. Grammer and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through twenty-five years of walking alongside those in conflict with their sexuality, Brad has come to understand what is at the heart of same-sex attraction: trauma. Little is understood about the concept of trauma and only recently has the method of trauma-informed care come to the forefront of helping others. People often react negatively to the concept of trauma being at the heart of any kind of gender identity or sexual confusion. Christians also struggle to understand and provide loving help to those who have sought to overcome attractions they do not desire. Believers need to be equipped with a deeper understanding of the foundations of same-sex attraction, whether they face these desires themselves or have loved ones for whom they care. An integral part of helping those with same-sex attraction is learning what we all have in common in experiences with trauma and our reactions to it. Brad draws from his own story, as well as his ministry experience, to add to the discussion in hopes of filling in the gaps that remain unfilled on the issue of same-sex attraction.

Download or read book Through Our Eyes written by William L. White and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experiences of Black male early childhood teachers are the beginning to changing the narrative of them only being seen as disciplinarians. It’s important we capture their voices so they can share their authentic experiences on becoming teachers. In this qualitative study, I used the portraiture methodology to co-create three counternarratives with Black male early childhood teachers. Additionally, I interviewed three school principals to capture their thoughts on the impact of Black male teachers. I also conducted two classroom observations to see interactions between the Black male teachers and their students. Lastly, two Black male teachers used a visual data protocol to capture how students view their Black male teachers. The findings from this study showed that Black male teachers have a true love for their children and community, principals also shared the importance of having Black male teachers, and children expressed their sincere connectedness to their Black male teachers.

Download or read book The Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents written by Kirkland C. Vaughans and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on personal insights and research-based knowledge, this important work facilitates understanding of the psychological struggles of young African American males and offers ameliorative strategies. Despite examples set by successful black men in all walks of life, the truth remains that a disproportionate number of black boys and young men underperform at school, suffer from PTSD, and, too often, find themselves on a pathway to jail. The two-volume The Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents marks the first attempt to catalog the many psychological influences that can stack the deck against black male children—and to suggest interventions. Bringing together an expansive collection of new and classic research from a wide variety of disciplines, this set sheds light on the complex circumstances faced by young black men in the United States. Contributions by authors Kirkland Vaughans and Warren Spielberg contain insights from the groundbreaking "Brotherman" study, conducted over a ten-year period to report on the lives and psychological challenges of over a hundred African American boys and their families. Among the myriad issues studied in this set are the often-negative expectations of society, the influence of gangs, and the impact of racism and poverty. Of equal importance, the work explores culturally specific ways to engage families, youths, communities, and policymakers in the development of healthy, safe, educated boys who will become whole and successful adults.

Download or read book The Community Based PhD written by Sonya Atalay and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the complex and nuanced experience of doing community-based research as a graduate student. Contributors from a range of scholarly disciplines share their experiences with CBPR in the arts, humanities, social sciences, public health, and STEM fields.

Download or read book Black Lives Matter at School written by Denisha Jones and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspiring collection of accounts from educators and students is “an essential resource for all those seeking to build an antiracist school system” (Ibram X. Kendi). Since 2016, the Black Lives Matter at School movement has carved a new path for racial justice in education. A growing coalition of educators, students, parents and others have established an annual week of action during the first week of February. This anthology shares vital lessons that have been learned through this important work. In this volume, Bettina Love makes a powerful case for abolitionist teaching, Brian Jones looks at the historical context of the ongoing struggle for racial justice in education, and prominent teacher union leaders discuss the importance of anti-racism in their unions. Black Lives Matter at School includes essays, interviews, poems, resolutions, and more from participants across the country who have been building the movement on the ground.

Download or read book Doing Research with Children and Young People written by Sandy Fraser and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doing Research with Children and Young People introduces researchers to the key considerations involved in working with children and young people.