Teaching Black Girls: Resiliency in Urban Classrooms (Counterpoints)
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (625 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1433105934 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 196 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Namely, Evans-Winters challenges the reader to redefine resiliency for African American girls as hybrid and participatory. « 'Teaching Black Girls' is a beautifully written ethnography that performs what it promises. Utilizing 'Black Womanist' thinking, Evans-Winters develops critiques that are as complex as the lives of the girls she portrays, and compellingly argues we are all responsible for and to the resiliency of youth.-'Teaching Black Girls' is told by a voice so rich in character that it challenges us to deal effectively with the intersections of race, gender, and class. Namely, Venus E. This book should be a vital resource for teachers, educational administrators, university faculty, and policy makers who are change agents within urban schools.- (Dawn G. The voices of these re
Through dialogue and self-reflection, the author and participants in the ethnographic study documented here reconstruct and tell stories of resilience to derive practice that is both gender and culturally relevant. The book demonstrates how these girls are simultaneously one of the most vulnerable, and one of the most resilient group of students. Evans-Winters uses qualitative research methods to interpret and discuss school resilience in the lives of African American female students. Teaching Black Girls has research and practice implications for graduate students, advanced pre-service teachers, and school practitioners.. Teaching Black Girls implements alternative approaches to the study of the intersection of race, class, and gender on schooling, deliberately highlighting how students growing up and attending schools in urban neighborhoods are educationally resilient in the face of adversity. In this updated volume of Teaching Black Girls: Resiliency in Urban Classrooms, Venus E
QueenNzinga said A must read for anyone interested in the educational,. A must read for anyone interested in the educational, socio-emotional development of African American girls and adolescents. All teachers should read this book.. Five Stars Excellent
She holds a Doctorate degree in educational policy studies and a Masters degree in school social work from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Venus E. Evans-Winters is Assistant Professor of Education at Illinois State University in the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations. Her research interests are school resilience, urban education, critical race theory, critical pedagogy, and feminism(s).