The Education of African Canadian Children

Critical Perspectives

Awad Ibrahim, Ali A. Abdi, Awad Ibrahim, Ali A. Abdi

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9780773548077
• eBook ISBN:
  9780773548466
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: African American Studies

Hundreds of thousands of African Canadian children demand and deserve quality education that promotes success both within and outside of school. Recognizing that the education these young people receive will shape their lives as citizens, the contributors to this volume provide an important, timely analysis of the educational experiences of African Canadian children and youth.

With contributions from leading and emerging scholars, The Education of African Canadian Children critically responds to and comments on the historical, cultural, institutional, and informational contexts and problems of the learning lives of these children. The authors offer a comprehensive history of African Canadians’ encounters with the education system, the current challenges they are facing, and opportunities for more inclusive and democratic educational practices that will better serve this population. Advocating for cultural redemption and learning success for a population that is not being served well by Canadian public education systems, this book will benefit teachers, students, government program managers, policy makers, and educational researchers.

The first multi-authored work of its kind, The Education of African Canadian Children opens new debates and possibilities for change for those concerned with education in their communities and their country.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Figures
• Acknowledgments
• 1 The Education of African Canadian Children: An Introduction
• 2 Black Canada and the Law: Black Parents and Children in the Legal Battle for Education in Canada West: 1851–1864
• 3 The Education of African Canadian Children: Historical, Philosophical, and Socio-cultural Analyses
• 4 Diaspora, Citizenry, Becoming Human, and the Education of African Canadian Youth
• 5 Slavery, Childhood, and the Racialized “Education” of Black Girls
• 6 High School and the Black Body in Canada: A Recollection of a Female High School Student
• 7 Making Education Count: Critical Educational Practice and the Life Chances of African Canadian Children
• 8 Proposing Methodological Approaches to Elucidating African Canadian Students’ Metacognition across Learning Contexts
• 9 Triple Whammy and a Fragile Minority within a Fragile Majority: School, Family and Society, and the Education of Black, Francophone Youth in Montreal
• 10 “Who Owns My Language?” African Canadian Youth, Postcoloniality, and the Symbolic Violence of Language in a French-Language High School in Ontario
• 11 The Alchemy of Sport and the Role of Media in the Education of Black Youth
• 12 Marginalization of African Canadian Students in Mainstream Schools: Are Afrocentric Schools the Answer?
• 13 Reflections on African Canadian Education
• Contributors
• Index