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McClendon, Garrard Overton – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigates principals' individual and aggregate perceptions of and expectations for students who use African American Vernacular English. Using the African American English Teacher Attitude Scale (AAETAS), the study seeks to describe the relationship between principals' demographic characteristics and their perceptions of African…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Black Dialects, Socioeconomic Status, Negative Attitudes
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Oliver, Eileen – English Journal, 1987
Recommends the use of Charlotte K. Brooks' book "Tapping Potential" by English teachers who deal with minority students. Discusses how the book treats everything from language development to reading and writing to literary criticism from the Black aesthetic point of view. (NKA)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Black Education, Black Literature