"Exclusion and expulsion of black children from schools is endemic in the US and the 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 exclusion in the US and the UK. Different approaches have met with varying degrees of success, but all can be learnt from. The book looks at ""manhood training"" developed in the US, as well as African Immersions Schools, and in the UK it examines studies of best practice, and research into the ramifications and costs to society of excluding children."
Edited by:
Richard Majors,
Jo Jolliffe (both of Michigan State University,
USA)
Imprint: Routledge Falmer
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9780750709644
ISBN 10: 0750709642
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 10 August 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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
Reviews for Educating Our Black Children: New Directions and Radical Approaches
'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
