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Healing Power of Education: Afrocentric Pedagogy as a Tool for Restoration and Liberation

Contributor(s): Watson-VanDiver, Marcia J (Author), Wiggan, Greg (Author), King, Joyce E (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9780807765371

Publisher: Teachers College Press

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Pub Date: April 23, 2021

Dewey: 371.82996073

LCCN: 2020056485

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) 240 pages

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Description: "Students of color are often left underserved and unrepresented in school curricula. This book focuses on African American students and the usefulness and importance of corrective education in reversing curricular fallacies. Additionally, it uncovers and explains the role that education can play in creating a more holistic learning experience for minority students. The Afrocentric school in this proposed book is high-performing, and outperforms the state. The book identifies what teachers and student recognize as supportive features of the school's approach, including: (a) a unique learning environment, (b) support systems, (c) spiritual affirmations, (d) evidences of Black education, (e) a reframing of Afrocentricity, and (f) education that promotes positive and transformative Black identity. In response to reviewers, the authors will expand their frame of reference to draw on evidence from other schools but will look deeply at one school and possible applications of its model in other settings"--

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