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African-Centered Pedagogy: Developing Schools of Achievement for African American Children » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Peter Murrell
ISBN-13: 9780791452929, ISBN-10: 0791452921
Format: Paperback
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: February 2002
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Peter Murrell

Book Synopsis

Integrates the historical, cultural, political, and developmental considerations of the African American experience into a theory for the education achievement of African American children.

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Murrell (education, Northeastern U.) presents a structural pedagogical theory that unites the historical, cultural, political, and developmental considerations of the African American experience and discusses a case study in which attempts to implement the theory were made. Critically reappraising constructivist teaching, responsive teaching, child-centered learning, cognitively guided instruction, and other educational frameworks, he discusses how the good ideas of the various frameworks can be united for an active pedagogy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	List of Figures and Tables
	Preface
	Introduction
Pt. I	Framing the Work
1	The Wrong Frames for the Right Problem	3
2	Traditions of African American Education: A Historical Perspective	19
3	Culture, Cognition, and the Community of Achievement	37
Pt. II	Pedagogical Theory for Building a Community of African American Achievement
4	Overview of The Pedagogical Theory	59
5	From a Community of Caring To a Community of Achievement	75
6	Teaching as Assisted Performance in the African American Tradition	103
7	The Classroom Ecology of Culture and Language	115
8	Discourse Practices in a Community of Achievement	125
9	Teaching for Understanding, Learning for Liberation	135
10	Appraising My Own Practice: African-Centered Pedagogy in Preparing Teachers	155
	Appendices	171
	References	181
	Index	193

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