Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
Author
| Banks, James A. | 1 |
| Beyer, Barry K., Ed. | 1 |
| Cervantes, Marco Antonio | 1 |
| Holmén, Janne | 1 |
| KELLY, JAMES | 1 |
| Merryfield, Merry M. | 1 |
| Napoli, Mary, Ed. | 1 |
| Odebiyi, Oluseyi Matthew | 1 |
| Sunal, Cynthia S. | 1 |
| Yenika-Agbaw, Vivian, Ed. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Books | 1 |
| Collected Works - General | 1 |
| ERIC Digests in Full Text | 1 |
| ERIC Publications | 1 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Location
| Africa | 3 |
| Kenya | 1 |
| Nigeria | 1 |
| Texas | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Elementary and Secondary… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textOdebiyi, Oluseyi Matthew; Sunal, Cynthia S. – Journal of International Social Studies, 2020
While many U.S. residents like listening to African stories, hearing African stories is difficult because designing effective curricula and teaching about African contexts appear to be a major challenge in U.S. social studies education. Drawing on postcolonial theory, we analyzed the discourses of two contemporaneous historical documents to…
Descriptors: Social Studies, African Languages, Postcolonialism, Foreign Countries
Direct linkYenika-Agbaw, Vivian, Ed.; Napoli, Mary, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
The essays in this collection discuss multicultural issues in children's and adolescent literature, focusing particularly on African and African American cultures. They challenge everyone's understanding of what, in an age of globalization, multicultural texts really are. Cumulatively, these essays illustrate multicultural literature's power to…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Adolescent Literature, African American Culture, African Culture
Holmén, Janne – Education Inquiry, 2011
This article examines how issues of national, Pan-African and tribal identities are handled in Kenyan upper secondary school textbooks for History and Government. Kenya is a multi-ethnic country without a common pre-colonial history. As a result, the historical record does not easily provide a common narrative with which to unify the nation. To…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Foreign Policy, Secondary School Students, African Culture
Cervantes, Marco Antonio – Multicultural Education, 2015
To demonstrate the significance of cultural crossings in Texas and how cultural exchanges can inform teachers and students in the areas of history, fine arts, geography, and social studies, the author constructed a Summer 2013 teacher workshop for Texas K-12 teachers through the Smithsonian Affiliated Institute of Texan Cultures. The author…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Workshops, Faculty Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Beyer, Barry K., Ed. – 1968
Information to help educators develop a program of study about Africa south of the Sahara is presented in this guide for use with secondary school students. Appropriate objectives for a study of this region and its people are stated: the acquisition of sufficient information to make contemporary Africa intelligible, the formulation of concepts…
Descriptors: African Culture, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Biographies
Merryfield, Merry M. – 1986
Recognizing the need to strengthen education about Africa in United States schools and to enable teachers to present complex issues about apartheid, political stability, and cultural conflict, this digest addresses the issue of how teachers can improve their teaching about Africa. The article poses 3 questions: (1) Why is it important to teach…
Descriptors: African Culture, Concept Teaching, Course Content, Educational Resources
KELLY, JAMES – 1968
THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE PRESENTS THE SECOND OF FIVE PROPOSED SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL UNITS ON CULTURE AREAS OF THE NON-WESTERN WORLD. SUGGESTED "STRATEGIES" ILLUSTRATE TECHNIQUES TO ENCOURAGE STUDENT AND TEACHER INVOLVEMENT IN ACTIVE CLASSROOM LEARNING. CHAPTER TITLES INDICATE THE SCOPE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER--"THE TEACHING OF AFRICAN…
Descriptors: African Culture, Area Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Enrichment
Banks, James A. – 1972
In this paper, the author offers a rationale for Black Studies programs for the reader's consideration, attempts to resolve the question, "Black History for what?" and illustrates how Black History can be taught as an integral part of a modern social studies curriculum which is spiral, conceptual, and interdisciplinary, and which emphasizes…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Black Education, Black Institutions
