Beyond Acting White - Reframing the Debate on Black Student Achievement

Informationen zum Autor Erin McNamara Horvat, Carla O'Connor Klappentext Beyond Acting White broadens the extant conversation on the Black-White achievement gap that has been dominated by the notion that Blacks underperform in school because they fear (being accused of) 'acting white.' The authors elucidate the limitations of this explanation by presenting new research that theorizes race as a social phenomenon, unmasks the heterogeneity of the Black experience, and contends with the specifics of social context in the culture and organization of schools and communities. Zusammenfassung Elucidates the limitations of the explanation that Blacks underperform in school because they fear acting white. This work presents research that theorizes race as a social phenomenon! unmasks the heterogeneity of the Black experience! and contends with the specifics of social context in the culture and organization of schools and communities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction: Framing the Field: Past and Future Research On the Historic Underachievement of Black Students 3 Bring it On! Diverse Responses to "Acting White" among Academically Able Black Adolescents 4 The Making of a "Burden": Tracing the Development of a "Burden of Acting White" in Schools 5 Shifting Images of Blackness: Coming of Age as Black Students in Urban and Suburban High Schools 6 Intersecting Identities: "Acting White," Gender, and Academic Achievement 7 To Be Young, Gifted, and Somewhat Foreign: The Role of Ethnicity in Black Student Achievement 8 Reconsidering "Material Conditions": How Neigborhood Context Can Shape Educational Outcomes across Racial Groups 9 Whiteness in School: How Race Shapes Black Students' Opportunities 10 Afterward

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• Autori: &apos, Carla connor, Erin McNamara Horvat, Erin Mcnamara O&apos Horvat, Erin Mcnamara O''connor Horvat, Carla O'Connor, O'Connor Carla
• Con la collaborazione di: Erin McNamara Horvat (Editore), Carla O'Connor (Editore)
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.03.2006
• EAN: 9780742542730
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4273-0
• Pagine: 264
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; Ethnic Studies, Teaching of a specific subject, Black & Asian Studies, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General