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