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Direct linkHilton, Adriel A.; Bonner, Fred A., II – Urban Education, 2017
When it comes to higher education, finding the right school is only one obstacle in the lives of most African-American males. Studies show that even out of the number of enrolled African-American males in the nation, about one-third of them will actually complete an undergraduate degree. A lack of experience in higher education may affect the…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Students, Males, Academic Achievement
Robinson, Petra A., Ed.; Allen-Handy, Ayana, Ed.; Bryant, Amber, Ed.; Lewis, Chance W., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2019
In 2014, The Urban Education Collaborative at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte hosted its first biennial International Conference on Urban Education (ICUE) in Montego Bay, Jamaica. In 2016, the second hosting of the conference took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Additionally, in 2018, the third hosting of the conference took place in…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, 21st Century Skills
A Phenomenological Study of Urban African American Males Who Aspire to Attend a Four-Year University
Steppes, Allison Victoria – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In the United States, less than 30% of African American males between the ages of 18 and 24 are enrolled in a 4-year university. More African American females are enrolled in colleges than their male counterparts. Focusing on the positive aspects of some African American males' educational experiences, this research was conducted to learn how some…
Descriptors: Males, African American Students, Urban Youth, High School Students
James, Adrienne Brant – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2008
Traditional approaches to education and youth work were transformed by two psychologists who came to the United States as Hitler rose to power. Practical theorist Kurt Lewin challenged mechanistic ideas of behavior by studying children in their natural "life space." Theory practitioner Fritz Redl applied life space concepts to work with…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Experimental Programs, Adolescents, Theories
Pearson, Darryl Xavier – ProQuest LLC, 2010
While America fights an international war on terrorism a greater war looms in our own backyard. Poverty, the lack of resources and a failing educational system continues to strangle our urban youth. Violence between youth in urban schools perplexes our society everyday. Within this context lie the ever growing confrontation between black and…
Descriptors: African American Students, At Risk Students, Dropouts, Urban Schools
Ball, Arnetha, Ed.; Tyson, Cynthia A., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Studying Diversity in Teacher Education" is a collaborative effort by experts seeking to elucidate one of the most important issues facing education today. First, the volume examines historically persistent, yet unresolved issues in teacher education and presents research that is currently being done to address these issues. Second, it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Student Diversity, Cultural Pluralism
Download full textCuero, Kimberley K.; Kaylor, Maria – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2010
This case study examines José, a bilingual Latino fifth-grader, and his complex and dynamic engagements in "travesuras" (mischievous behaviors). José's "travesuras" served to disassociate him from being labeled a "schoolboy." This disassociation was evident in how José: (1) renounced "school-like" work and…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Grade 5, Labeling (of Persons), Case Studies
