Table of Contents: African-centered schooling in theory and practice /

Other Authors:	Ajirotutu, Cheryl.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2000.
Subjects:	African Americans > Education > Evaluation Public schools > Wisconsin > Milwaukee Afrocentrism > United States EDUCATION > Students & Student Life. African Americans > Education > Evaluation. Afrocentrism. Public schools. United States. Wisconsin > Milwaukee.
Online Access:	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=63639

Table of Contents:

pt. 1. Implementing African-centered schools in a public context. Historical, social, and cultural contexts of the African American immersion schools ; A portrait of the African American immersion elementary school ; A portrait of the African American immersion middle school ; Transformations ; Surface to deep transformations ; Lessons learned
pt. 2. Issues in African-centered schooling. Talent development, cultural deep structure, and school reform: implications for African immersion initiatives / A. Wade Boykin ; "Island by island we must go across": challenges from language and culture among African Americans / Shirley Brice Heath ; Culturally relevant pedagogy in African-centered schools: possibilities for progressive educational reform / Gloria Ladson-Billings ; Afrocentric education: critical questions for further considerations / Jacqueling Jordan Irvine.