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Marable, Manning – Black Scholar, 1992
Advocates a framework for African-American development and awareness in which African-American studies will play a decisive role in debate surrounding multiculturalism. Multiculturalism and African-American studies must be articulated within a general theory of educational democracy. African-American studies must also become a projection of what…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Studies, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development
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Hamilton, Seward E. – Journal of Black Psychology, 1993
Describes a nontraditional technique for identifying gifted African American children. Defining giftedness from an African culture-centered perspective is discussed. The Gifted Children Locator for Parents and a version for teachers are presented as behavioral-observational interview rating scales. Studies with 64 and 284 children support validity…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Behavior Patterns, Black Culture, Children
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Colin, Scipio A. J., III – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1994
Racism affects recruitment and retention of African American faculty and students and excludes Africentric content from graduate curricula. These issues must be addressed in adult education before societal racism can be confronted. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Afrocentrism, Continuing Education
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Howard-Hamilton, Mary F. – New Directions for Student Services, 1997
Evaluates several theories and models for their ability to incorporate developmental issues of African-American male students. Details Africentric approaches that provide useful models for the development of programs for African-American men on campus. Presents suggestions for interventions and activities to enhance matriculation, academic…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Students, College Students, Higher Education
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Murrell, Peter C., Jr. – Urban Education, 1999
Describes a five-year ethnographic study of an African-centered charter school to determine the pedagogical theory undergirding the school's development and maintenance. The analysis reveals an absence of coherence in the community of teachers about the ethos of the school. (SLD)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Education, Case Studies, Charter Schools
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Longshore, Douglas; Grills, Cheryl; Annon, Kiku; Grady, Ruhmel – Journal of Black Studies, 1998
Describes a culturally congruent intervention in which Afrocentric concepts are applied in single-session counseling for African American drug users. Called the Engagement Project, the intervention attempts to engage clients in a psychosocial process conducive to recovery. The client, counselor, and a former drug user (peer) see a video and…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Blacks, Counseling
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Ewing, Kimberly M.; And Others – Journal of Black Psychology, 1996
Examined the relationships between 103 black graduate students' experience of the imposter phenomenon and their racial identity attitudes, worldview perspectives, academic self-concept, background characteristics, and graduate school environment. Findings partially support the hypothesis that racial identity, Afrocentricity, academic self-concept,…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Attitudes, Black Students, Educational Environment
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Constantine, Madonna G.; Alleyne, Vanessa L.; Wallace, Barbara C.; Franklin-Jackson, Deidre C. – Journal of Black Psychology, 2006
The primary purpose of this study was to test a path model exploring the relationships among Africentric cultural values, self-esteem, perceived social support satisfaction, and life satisfaction in a sample of 147 African American adolescent girls. This investigation also examined the possible mediating effects of self-esteem and perceived social…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Mental Health, African Americans, Adolescents
Sheared, Vanessa – 1996
According to Knowles (1980), adults come to the learning environment when they are ready. His concept of andragogy is based on these assumptions: changes in self-concept, the role of experience, readiness to learn, and orientation to learning. Increasing concern has been placed upon the need to address the multiple cultural needs of learners and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Afrocentrism, Andragogy
Lowden, Frances Y. – 2000
This paper examines global approaches to culturally and developmentally appropriate early childhood education, focusing on Kindezi, an Africentric perspective. The paper describes Kindezi as the art of touching, caring for, and protecting children's lives and their environment, based on the Kindezian philosophy that children are a gift of God and…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Students, Culturally Relevant Education, Early Childhood Education
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Okafor, Victor Oguejiofor – Journal of Black Studies, 1997
The study of controversies about the legitimacy and historical groundedness of assertions about African civilization is used to support an Afrocological teaching approach to African civilization, exploring the content of the American college curriculum. There is a historically factual basis for a holistic pedagogical approach to African…
Descriptors: African Culture, African Studies, Afrocentrism, Black Studies
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Okafor, Victor Oguejiofor – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1996
Presents a case study of controversies related to African studies and makes the case for an Africological pedagogical approach to African Civilization. The title "African Civilization" reflects the African place in the whole of world civilization even though that place is itself a multiple entity. (SLD)
Descriptors: African Culture, African Studies, Afrocentrism, Blacks
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Bekerie, Ayele – Journal of Black Studies, 1994
Explains and defends the theory and practice of Afrocentrism. The Ethiopic Writing System is examined within the context of Afrocentric theory. The author presents Afrocentrism as a theory that seeks to promote and implement human freedom for all. (GLR)
Descriptors: African History, Afrocentrism, Blacks, Criticism
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Winters, Clyde Ahmad – Journal of Black Studies, 1994
States that the Afrocentric method is based on fact, not fiction, and addresses criticisms leveled at Afrocentric theory. It examines the sources of Afrocentrism, discusses the presence of blacks and the black influence in Greece, and argues that the ancient Egyptians were black. (GLR)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Ancient History, Blacks, Criticism
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Woodard, Samuel L. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1995
The author worked with 10 students at an inner-city elementary school. This case study illuminates the interplay between theory, practice, and values by describing effective techniques of intervention in a situation that reflects social pathology. Traditional African values are incorporated in counseling interventions with disruptive male…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Blacks
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