Black Education: A Transformative Research and Action Agenda for the New Century

474 Pages·2005·2.22 MB·English

by  Joyce Elaine King

Black Education
A Transformative Research and Action Agenda
for the New Century
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Black Education
A Transformative Research and Action Agenda
for the New Century
Editedby
Joyce E. King
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Contents
Foreword xiii
Acknowledgments xix
Preface xxi
Part I Theorizing Transformative Black Education
Research and Practice 1
1 ATransformativeVisionofBlackEducation
forHumanFreedom 3
JoyceE.King
2 ADeclarationofIntellectualIndependence
forHumanFreedom 19
JoyceE.King
Part II Taking Culture Into Account: Learning
Theory and Black Education 43
3 TheStateofKnowledgeAbouttheEducation
ofAfricanAmericans 45
CarolD.Lee
4 InterventionResearchBasedonCurrentViewsofCognition
andLearning 73
CarolD.Lee
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