Soul-Centered Approach to Educating Teachers : A Black Education Network

Frederick, Rona M. (EDT); Shockley, Kmt (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1975505697 / ISBN 13: 9781975505691

Edité par Myers Education Press, 2023

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• Titre: Soul-Centered Approach to Educating Teachers : A Black Education Network
• Éditeur: Myers Education Press
• Date de parution: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1975505697
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781975505691
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

A Soul-Centered Approach to Educating Teachers has been created by A Black Education Network (ABEN), a national organization whose mission is to reverse the backward slide of Black students by utilizing culturally informed research, technology, and visionary community networking within the African Diaspora to facilitate academic and cultural excellence wherever scholars are. This interactive book presents portraits, narratives, and essays to illustrate the impact of ABEN on Black educators and those they serve.

Traditional teacher education, curriculum, and instruction is largely disconnected from the lived experiences of diverse students and their communities. Current debates around Critical Race Theory and its application to curriculum call into question culturally responsive practices while others are striving for ways to support equitable practices in the classroom. Questions about these practices include, What does teacher and learning look like when grounded in community voice and practice? How can we better integrate the history, context, experience, and voice of the communities being served? How can teacher education apply authentic problem solving to address the concerns of a community?

This inspirational and educational tale answers these questions for the myriad teachers, parents, administrators, school districts, community organizations, and community members who seek a better understanding of how to foster, access, and learn from spaces of Black excellence for Black children. Soul-Centered is essential reading for both scholars involved in a variety of disciplines in Education, and for community leaders interested in seeing how improved education practices can hugely benefit their constituents.

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ABEN combines and disseminates evidence-based research findings, education strategies, and culture through offering professional development opportunities, student-focused programming, and curricula designed to empower the educators of Black students and Black students themselves. Specifically, ABEN supports and partners with educational institutions - schools, churches, non-profit organizations, educators, researchers, parents, corporations, foundations, especially those who focus on African-centered education - that work to ensure Black students reach their full potential.

Dr. Rona Frederick serves as a coordinator of Education Studies at the Catholic University of America. She has written more than a dozen research articles on culturally responsive teaching of children of African ancestry. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Hampton University, a Master's Degree in Professional Studies with a focus on Africana studies from Cornell University, and a Doctoral Degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on teacher education, evaluation, and equity from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Kmt G. Shockley is professor of educational leadership at the University of Houston. His interests include research on African-centered education and maroonage.

Joyce E. King (BA, PhD Stanford University) is the Benjamin Mays endowed chair for Urban Teaching, Learning and Leadership and Professor of Educational Policy Studies at Georgia State University. A past president of the American Educational Research Association, she was provost at Spelman College and director of teacher education at Santa Clara. Her recent books include Heritage knowledge in the curriculum (with E. Swartz) and We be lovin' Black children: Learning to be literate about the African diaspora (co-editors G. Boutte, G. Jackson, & L. King).