African-Centered Education

Theory and Practice

Kmt G. Shockley, Kofi Lomotey, Theodorea Regina Berry, Kmt G. Shockley, Kofi Lomotey

• Publisher: Myers Education Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781975502096, 9781975502089
• eBook ISBN: 9781975502119
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Leadership in Education

A 2021 AESA Critics' Choice Award Winner
A 2021 SPE Outstanding Book Award Winner

This volume brings together leading scholars and practitioners to address the theory and practice of African-centered education. The contributors provide (1) perspectives on the history, methods, successes and challenges of African-centered education, (2) discussions of the efforts that are being made to counter the miseducation of Black children, and (3) prescriptions for—and analyses of—the way forward for Black children and Black communities.

The authors argue that Black children need an education that moves them toward leading and taking agency within their own communities. They address several areas that capture the essence of what African-centered education is, how it works, and why it is a critical imperative at this moment. Those areas include historical analyses of African-centered education; parental perspectives; strategies for working with Black children; African-centered culture, science and STEM; culturally responsive curriculum and instruction; and culturally responsive resources for teachers and school leaders.

Perfect for courses such as: Black Education | Multicultural Education | Urban Education | Blacks in Higher Education | Achievement Gap | Culture and Education | Racism in Education | Critical Race Theory

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Introduction
• One Afrocentric Instructional Practices: An Assessment Ama Mazama
• Two The Challenge of Developing Imhotep Into Imhotep: Ruminations From African-Centered Parents with Children in Non-African-Centered Schools Kofi LeNiles and Amma LeNiles
• Three Learning From African-Centered Pedagogical Excellence: Implications for Recruitment of African-Centered Teachers Rona Frederick
• Four The Roots Model: African-Centered Education Bernida Thompson, Bodunrin O. Banwo, and Rasheki Kuykendall-Walker
• Five From Critical Pedagogy to Revolutionary Pedagogy: Toward Transformative Practice Molefi Kete Asante
• Six An African-Centered Nation-Building Perspective of STEM Education for Black Youth Sekou Afrika
• Seven The Biological Necessity of an African-Centered Social Support Initiative Within the African-Centered Education Paradigm Samuel Burbanks
• Eight Notes on an Afrikan-Centered Pedagogy Egun Nana Kwame Agyei Akoto
• Nine How Shall We Sing Our Sacred Song in a Strange Land—Revisited Carol D. Lee
• Ten Elements and Outcomes of African-Centered Education for School Leaders and Teachers Chike Akua
• Afterword
• Contributors
• Index