African-Centered Pedagogy Developing Schools of Achievement for African American Children

Name: African-Centered Pedagogy Developing Schools of Achievement for African American Children
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ISBN: 9780791452929

ISBN-10: 0791452921

ISBN-13: 9780791452929

Edition: 2002

Authors: Peter C. Murrell

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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 2/19/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 236
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Peter Murrell is Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland and currently holds a Chair on the Academic Council of the IRIS Center. He is the author of The Nature of Socialist Economies and Assessing the Value of Law in the Transition to Socialism, and is a contributor to various journals, including the American Economic Review and the Journal of Comparative Economics.



List of Figures and Tables


Preface


Introduction



Framing the Work



The Wrong Frames for the Right Problem



Traditions of African American Education: A Historical Perspective



Culture, Cognition, and the Community of Achievement



Pedagogical Theory for Building A Community of African American Achievement



Overview of the Pedagogical Theory



From a Community of Caring to a Community of Achievement



Teaching as Assisted Performance in the African American Tradition



The Classroom Ecology of Culture and Language



Discourse Practices in a Community of Achievement



Teaching for Understanding, Learning for Liberation



Appraising My Own Practice: African-Centered Pedagogy in Preparing Teachers


Appendices


References


Index