The Healing Power of Education: Afrocentric Pedagogy as a Tool for Restoration and Liberation

ISBN-13: 9780807765364 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 227 str.

Marcia J. Watson-VanDiver; Greg Wiggan

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• Contents (Tentative)
• Foreword Joyce E. King vii
• Preface ix
• 1. Introduction: Education as Healing 1
• Consistently Underserved Students 7
• Purpose 8
• Central Questions 11
• Definitions 12
• Significance of the Work 16
• A Closer Examination of Student Achievement 23
• Summary 27
• 2. Social and Historical Context of Black Education 28
• Pre-Colonial History 29
• Precursors to Pan-Africanism 47
• The Formation of Pan-Africanism 50
• Black Nationalism 51
• Pan-Africanism and Education 53
• The Impact of Pan-Africanism and Black Nationalism 55
• Pan-Africanism and Black Nationalism Today 56
• Scientific Racism 57
• Stories of Resistance: Warrior Queens 61
• Afrocentricity in the 21st Century 69
• Afrocentric Education 70
• Summary 73
• 3. Overview of Afrocentric Schools in the 20th and 21st Centuries 74
• Early Afrocentric School Models 75
• Afrocentric Schools in the 1990s 76
• 21st-Century Afrocentric Schools 82
• Afrocentric Curriculum in the 21st Century 84
• Afrocentric Schools: Where Are We Now? 88
• Status of Afrocentric Education Today 89
• Summary 90
• 4. Asa G. Hilliard Academy 92
• Asa G. Hilliard Academy 93
• Participants 96
• Themes 107
• Summary 110
• 5. Teachers and Students’ Perceptions of Afrocentric Schools  111
• Theme 1: Unique Environment: “This School Is Just Different” 112
• Theme 2: Support System: “A Close-Knit Community” 121
• Theme 3: Morning Devotion: “Spiritual Encouragement in an African Worldview” 127
• Summary 132
• 6. Benefits of Afrocentric Schools in Addressing Historical and Contemporary Trauma 133
• Theme 4: Black Education: “Every Day of the Year” 134
• Theme 5: Reframing Afrocentricity: “Centering the African Child” 140
• Theme 6: Restorative Education: “Promoting Positive Black Identity” 147
• Summary 151
• 7. Education as Healing Power: Findings and Policy Recommendations 153
• Theme 1: Unique Environment: “This School Is Just Different” 154
• Theme 2: Support System: “A Close-Knit Community” 156
• Theme 3: Morning Devotion: “Spiritual Encouragement in an African Worldview” 158
• Theme 4: Black Education: “Every Day of the Year” 159
• Theme 5: Reframing Afrocentricity: “Centering the African Child” 161
• Theme 6: Restorative Education: “Promoting Positive Black Identity” 163
• Implications of the Study 165
• Limitations 167
• Policy Recommendations 168
• Summary 171
• Appendix A: Teacher/Administrator Interview Protocol 1 174
• Appendix B: Teacher/Administrator Interview Protocol 2 175
• Appendix C: Student Interview Protocol 176
• Appendix D: Student Written Essay Prompt 177
• Appendix E: Afrocentric Learning Observation Rubric 177
• Appendix F: Research Design Flow Chart 182
• Appendix G: Daily Devotion (“The Seven Principles”) 183
• Appendix H: Daily Devotion (“Nobility”) 184
• Appendix I: Daily Devotion (“The Ultimate Student”) 185
• Appendix J: Daily Devotion (“I Have the Power”) 186
• Appendix K: Daily Devotion (“Can’t”) 186
• Appendix L: Daily Devotion (“Lift Every Voice and Sing”) 187
• Appendix M: Research Context 188
• References 201
• Index 217
• About the Authors 228