The SAGE Handbook of African American Education

Linda C. Tillman

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN: 9781412937436
• eBook ISBN: 9781483342665
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

This Handbook received an honorable mention at the 2009 PROSE Awards. The PROSE Awards annually recognize the very best in professional and scholarly publishing by bringing attention to distinguished books, journals, and electronic content in over 40 categories. "This volume fills the tremendous void that currently exists in providing a much-needed lens for cultural leadership and proficiency. The approach provides a wide divergence of perspectives on African American forms of leadership in a variety of diverse leadership settings."
—Len Foster, Washington State University

The SAGE Handbook of African American Education is a unique, comprehensive collection of theoretical and empirical scholarship in six important areas: historical perspectives, teaching and learning, PK–12 school leadership, higher education, current issues, and education policy. The purpose of the Handbook is to articulate perspectives on issues affecting the participation and leadership of African Americans in PK–12 and postsecondary education. This volume also addresses historical and current issues affecting the education of African Americans and discusses current and future school reform efforts that directly affect this group.

Key Features

• Promotes inquiry and development of questions, ideas, and dialogue about critical practice, theory, and research on African Americans in the United States educational system
• Makes significant contributions to the scholarship on African Americans in the broad context of U.S. education and society
• Addresses the central question—in what ways do African Americans in corporate, private, and public positions influence and shape educational policy that affects African Americans?

"The SAGE Handbook of African American Education is a unique, comprehensive collection of theoretical and empirical scholarship in six important areas: historical perspectives, teaching and learning, Pre-K-12 school leadership, higher education, current issues, and education policy."
— TEACHERS OF COLOR "A wise scientist once argued that to doubt everything or to believe everything often results in the same solution set; both eliminate the need for reflection. This handbook provides an intellectual space for those interested in true reflection on the human ecology of the African American experience in schools, communities, and society. The /Handbook of African American Education/ is a repository of information developed to advance the human service professional."
—William F. Tate IV, Washington University in St. Louis "This handbook represents the most comprehensive collection of research on African Americans in education to date. Its breadth spans the historical, the political, institutional and community forces that have shaped educational opportunities and attainment among African Americans. The review of extant research on a range of topics from the role of culture and identity in learning, teacher preparation, educational leadership, to higher education and educational policy is far-reaching and cutting edge. This volume has historic significance and will become a classic collection on African American education for scholars and practitioners alike."
—Carol D. Lee, Professor, Northwestern University
Vice-President, Division G, American Educational Research Association "This handbook is needed as a basic reference for professors and graduate students conducting research on the education of Blacks in America."
—Frank Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

AUTHOR INDEX

Abney, E. E., 178

Aboh, S., xiv, 269, 271, 311, 517

Adamo, R., 502–503

Adams, E. A., 195

Adkison, J. A., 177–178, 189

Aiken, N., 68

Alexander, K. L., 401

Alexander, S. T. M., 57

Allen, B., 275

Allen, B. A., 387

Allen, K., 188, 198, 223–224

Allen, W. R., xiv, 48, 95, 110, 269–270, 273, 275–276, 300, 306, 319, 517

Alridge, D. P., xiii, 3–4, 23, 26, 517

Alston, J. A., 176, 198, 237, 250, 263

Altbach, P. G., 323

Alton-Lee, A., 97

Amott, T., 225–226

Anderson, A. W., 321

Anderson, E. L., 205

Anderson, J., 46–47, 153, 312–315, 452–453, 500, 505

Anderson, J. A., 130

Anderson, J. D., xi, 4, 14, 23, 46–47, 56, 153, 171, 173–175, 177, 183, 185, 197, 238, 301, 312–315, 320, 324

Anderson, M. G., 403

Anderson, N. B., 302

Andrews, W., 38

Angelillo, C., 110

Ansari, S., xiv, 86, 107–108, 113, 517

Anyon, J., 89, 448

Aptheker, H., 311, 314

Aratoni, L., 445

Arauz, R. M., 110

Archung, K. N., 177

Arnett, J. J., 108

Arnold, M., 387, 389

Aronson, J., 302, 356, 360, 444

Arreaga-Mayer, C., 393

Arredondo, M., 299

Asante, M. K., 238

Astin, H., 55

Atkinson, L., 288...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Preface
• Introduction
• Acknowledgments
• Section I: The Education of Black Folk: Historical Perspectives
• Section II: The Landscape of Teaching and Learning for African Americans in U.S. Schooling
• Section III: African American Leaders in PK-12 Educational Leadership
• Section IV: African Americans in Higher Education
• Section V: Current Issues: Theory and Research on the Participation of African Americans in U.S. Education
• Section VI: African Americans Shaping Educational Policy
• Epilogue: Black Education Post-Katrina: And All Us We Are Not Saved
• Appendix: Graduate School Programs to Prepare Future Faculty of Color
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• About the Editor
• About the Section Editors
• About the Contributors