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Wright, Brian L. – Urban Education, 2021
This study explores a psychosocial concept coined by the author referred to as "Urban Critical Literacy" (UCL). UCL is an emergent four-step strategy employed by five African American young men as they navigated their cultural worlds of home and school in an urban setting. Critical literacy is the theoretical conceptual framework that…
Descriptors: African Americans, Males, Urban Areas, Critical Literacy
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Baker-Bell, April – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2013
This article responds to two long-standing dilemmas that limit the effectiveness of language education for students who speak and write in African American Language (AAL): (1) the gap between theory and research on AAL and classroom practice, and (2) the need for critical language pedagogies. This article presents the effectiveness of a critical…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Language Arts