Raising African-American Males
Strategies and Interventions for Successful Outcomes- Authors:
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- Publisher:
- 2012
Summary
Raising African American Males is comprised of strategies and interventions that can assist and improve African American males' achievement in all areas of academics as well as in their everyday lives. Theresa Harris and George Taylor provide pedagogical strategies that employ various instructional tools for teachers, parents, African American youth, and administrators. In addition, this book can be a guide to improve the educational outlook for African American males and to provide the necessary resources used for training of parents, teachers, and students. The "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001 and the Maryland Redesign of Teacher Education provides for the belief in the efficacy of all students. Many social inadequacies and injustices have resulted in social problems including the lack of resources for African American males to succeed.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2012
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-60709-298-8
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-60709-300-8
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 105
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Preface No access
- 1 Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
- 2 Standards-Based Life Skills Interventions No access Pages 7 - 18
- 3 Societal and Environmental Factors No access Pages 19 - 22
- 4 Drug Education Awareness and Prevention Strategies No access Pages 23 - 38
- 5 Modeling Themes for Parental Support No access Pages 39 - 48
- 6 Learning Theories for Parents No access Pages 49 - 54
- 7 Assessment Strategies No access Pages 55 - 74
- 8 A Proposed Model for Closing the Achievement Gap No access Pages 75 - 82
- 9 Coordination and Utilization of the Community Resources No access Pages 83 - 90
- 10 Summary No access Pages 91 - 98
- Index No access Pages 99 - 104
- About the Authors No access Pages 105 - 105





