Black education : a transformative research and action agenda for the new century / edited by Joyce E. King.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-420) and indexes.

pt. 1. Theorizing transformative Black education research and practice. A transformative vision of Black education for human freedom / Joyce E. King ; A declaration of intellectual independence for human freedom / Joyce E. King. -- pt. 2. Taking culture into account: learning theory and Black education. The state of knowledge about the education of African Americans / Carol D. Lee ; Intervention research based on current views of cognition and learning / Carol D. Lee. -- pt. 3. Expanding the knowledgebase in Black education and research globally. Colonial education in Africa: retrospects and prospects / William H. Watkins ; Black populations globally: the costs of the underutilization of Blacks in education / Kassie Freeman. -- pt. 4. Engaging the language and policy nexus in African education. When the language of education is not the language of culture: the epistemology of systems of knowledge and pedagogy / Hassimi Oumarou Maiga ; Initiating transformations of realities in African and African American universities / Beverly Lindsay.

pt. 5. Situating equity policy and pedagogy in the political economic context. New standards and old inequalities: school reform and the education of African American students / Linda Darling-Hammond ; On the road to democratic economic participation: educating African American youth in the postindustrial global economy / Jessica Gordon Nembhard. -- pt. 6. Humanizing education: diverse voices. A Detroit conversation / Joyce E. King and Sharon Parker, editors ; Faith and courage to educate our own: reflections on Islamic schools in the African American community / Zakiyyah Muhammad. -- pt. 7. Globalizing the struggle for Black education: African and diaspora experiences. Worldwide conspiracy against Black culture and education / Ibrahima Seck ; Black educational experience in Britain: reflections on the global educational landscape / Cecile Wright ; Black people and Brazilian education / Terezinha Juraci Machado da Silva ; A new millennium research agenda in Black education: some points to be considered for discussion and decisions / Petronilha Beatriz Gonçalves e Silva. -- pt. 8. "Ore ire" -- catalyzing transformation in the academy: our charge to keep. Culturally sensitive research and evaluation: advancing an agenda for Black education / Linda C. Tillman ; "Anayme nti" -- as long as I am alive, I will never eat weeds: the online institute as a catalyst for research and action in Black education / Annette Henry ; Incidents in the lives of Harriet Jacob's children -- a readers theatre: disseminating the outcomes of research on the Black experience in the academy / Cirecie A. West-Olatunji ; Answering a call for transformative education in the new millennium -- "A charge to keep": the CORIBE documentary video / Djanna Hill.

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This volume presents the findings and recommendations of the Commission on Research in Black Education and offers new directions for research and practice. It demonstrates a transformative role for research and a positive role for culture in learning, in the academy, and in community and cross national contexts.

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