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Vann, Kimberly R.; Kunjufu, Jawanza – Phi Delta Kappan, 1993
A strictly Eurocentric perspective will not properly prepare students for a successful future in a multicultural world. Because students internalize what they are taught, schools profoundly affect children's confidence and self-esteem. An Afrocentric, multicultural curriculum would benefit both white and African-American students, because both…
Descriptors: African Studies, Afrocentrism, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Asante, Molefi Kete – Executive Educator, 1992
African Americans are dislocated people whose formal education leads them away from themselves. One way to progress toward a multicultural curriculum is through Afrocentric curriculum. Afrocentricity in education means viewing the African-American as a subject of history not as an object in someone else's experiences. For example, African-American…
Descriptors: African Studies, Afrocentrism, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education
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Oshodi, John Egbeazien – Journal of Black Psychology, 1999
Describes the Oshodi (J. Oshodi) Empty-Pot Healing Approach (OEPHA), an African-based psychotherapeutic approach that aims to create balance and foster achievement motivation. Illustrates the 11 phases of the OEPHA through the case study of an adult psychotherapeutic client. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Blacks
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Colin, Scipio A. J., III; Guy, Talmadge C. – PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning, 1998
Identifies three curriculum orientations in African-American adult education: multicultural/social reconstructionist, self-ethnic liberatory/empowerment, and accommodation/subordinate. The interpretive model compares these three orientations on the seven principles of an Africentric world view as a means of selecting and critiquing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Afrocentrism, Black Education, Curriculum Development
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Kelly, Shalonda – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2004
Underlying pro- and anti-Black components accounted for significant variance in various racial scale scores among African Americans (N = 224). Intercorrelations for individual racial scale scores were consistent with theory and accounted for significant variance in psychological distress scores in patterns consistent with their representation of a…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Rating Scales, Racial Attitudes, African Americans
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Cokley, Kevin O. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
A survey of the literature reveals that there is conceptual confusion and inconsistent and sometimes inappropriate usage of the terms racial identity, ethnic identity, and Afrocentric values. This study explored the extent to which Black racial(ized) identity attitudes were related to ethnic identity and Afrocentric cultural values. Two hundred…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Values, Multivariate Analysis, Ethnicity
Schnell, Jim – 1996
This paper describes a literature review that searched for afrocentric perspectives on human communication theory. The search described in the paper was focused on the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, reportedly one of the largest collections of African-American literature in the United States. The search described in the…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Influences, Blacks, Case Studies
Milam, John H., Jr. – 1992
This paper considers fundamental questions raised in the current debate about Afrocentric research methods in the social sciences. The discussion covers feminist, critical theory, radical humanist, radical structuralist, ethnographic, naturalistic inquiry, constructivism, and phenomenological inquiry approaches to research. The working definition…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Blacks, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
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Oliver, Eileen – English Journal, 1988
Asserts that ethnic studies are interdisciplinary, and should be incorporated into all areas of learning to expand the students' world view. States that students must learn to judge the works of Black artists using an Afrocentric, not Eurocentric, model. Suggests ways of implementing the "Black aesthetic." (MM)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Literature, Class Activities, Cross Cultural Studies
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Cruse, Harold – Black Scholar, 1984
Reviews Maulana Karenga's "Introduction to Black Studies" (1982). Discusses the academic and social relevance of the discipline and its growth out of economic, political, and historical forces. Concurs with Karenga's Afrocentric approach but notes the difficulties in its implementation within the current academic climate. (GC)
Descriptors: African Culture, Afrocentrism, Black Studies, Book Reviews
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Molette, Barbara J. – Journal of Black Studies, 1985
Argues that the Black heroes created by Afrocentric, Black playwrights are categorically different from the White heroes created by Eurocentric, White playwrights. Identifies traits of the Black hero (personal magnitude, self-irony, verbal skill) and describes variations on the heroic in a number of Black American plays.
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Attitudes, Black Culture, Black Literature
Murrell, Peter C., Jr. – 2002
This book critically reinterprets several key educational frameworks and recommends integrating the historical, cultural, political, and developmental considerations of the African American experience into a unified system of instruction, highlighting practices that already exist and linking them to contemporary ideas and innovations concerning…
Descriptors: African Culture, Afrocentrism, Black Students, Cultural Awareness
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Donelan, Richard W. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1993
Africentric ideas about leaders and leadership have remained part of the African Diaspora's cultural underpinnings over time. Slavery experiences predispose the African-American community to reject strong, natural leadership. This article and accompanying poem recount stories about the African-American experience and profile some true leaders.…
Descriptors: African Culture, Afrocentrism, Blacks, Democratic Values
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Bell, Yvonne R.; And Others – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1993
Examines academic performance as a function of the variables labeled type of presentation (traditional vs. Africentric) of the Wason task of logical reasoning and type of rule (positive vs. negative). Findings collected from 195 black college students are discussed as being supportive of the Africentric cultural models concerning black learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Afrocentrism, Blacks, College Students
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Frisby, Craig L. – School Psychology Review, 1993
Notes that, in objective indicators of academic achievement, African American children have not achieved parity with whites. Examines Black Cultural Learning Styles (BCLS) hypothesis that widespread failure of many black children can be attributed to culturally determined African-based learning styles that clash with Eurocentric configuration of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Afrocentrism, Blacks, Cognitive Style
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