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Exploring an Africentric High School Cohort from the Parents' Perspectives
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Karen Hudson; Barb Hamilton-Hinch; Mary Jane Harkins; Zhanna Barchuk; Diana Seselja – Canadian Journal of Education, 2024
In Canada, the Black population is the third-largest racially visible group, yet students of African descent continue to face inequities in Canadian school systems. Students of African descent can benefit from learning from an Africentric perspective that cultivates their well-being and achievement while centring their lived experience as a person…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blacks, African Culture, High Schools
A Framework for Implementing Positive Learner Discipline in Public Secondary Schools from the Context of the Mpumalanga Province
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Ndlovu, Mkhumbulo; Schlebusch, Gawie; Makola, Solomon – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2023
Introduction: Learner indiscipline has emerged as a global cause for concern for educators and parents in the 21st century. This study sought to develop a framework for the successful implementation of positive discipline. The study sought to provide answers revolving around the contributing factors towards learner indiscipline, the effects of…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Discipline, Discipline Policy, Public Schools
Emancipatory Pedagogy and the Rastafarian Movement: A Case Study of the Jamaican Rastafarian Development Community School in Ethiopia
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Ladan Rahnema – Educational Planning, 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore the Jamaican Rastafarian Development Community (JRDC) School in rural Ethiopia. The author explored the school's integration of Rastafarian culture and spirituality on pedagogical practices. Analysis of the perceptions of the school by members of the surrounding community and other stakeholders at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Culture, Community Schools, Rural Areas
"I Walk a Bit Bigger Now": Lessons from Students in an African-Centered after School Program
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Johnson, Tabora A. – Journal of Negro Education, 2016
Who teaches Black students that all of who they are matters? The Kamili Approach, an African-centered and holistic educational framework, emerged from a year-long study with urban youth of African descent. Particular focus is paid to the ancestral self and what occurs for a group of students when educators explicitly include Africans as subject in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Afrocentrism, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness
The Development of an African-Centered School--The First 20 Years
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Squire, Michelle Suzette – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research study is a case study of the development of an African-centered school over a 20-year period. The study describes how the kindergarten-through-eighth-grade institution was established. Interview questions focused on: 1. Establishment of an African-centered institution 2. Challenges of setting up an African-centered institution 3.…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, African Culture, Kindergarten, Grade 1
An Africentric Rite of Passage Program and Its Impact on Adolescent African-American Male Attendance, Discipline, and Achievement
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Ford-Little, Monica – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this study is to examine an Africentric rite of passage program's impact on African-American male high school students. It is intended to determine whether a rite of passage program will affect attendance, discipline and achievement. The study also investigates the development of a school-based Africentric program as well as its…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, African American Students, Males, High School Students