TY - BOOK ID - 77903183 TI - African-centered pedagogy PY - 2002 SN - 0791489027 0585462895 9780585462899 0791452913 9780791452912 0791452921 9780791452929 9780791489024 PB - Albany State University of New York Press DB - UniCat KW - Afrocentrism KW - African Americans KW - Afrocentricity KW - Civilization, Western KW - Ethnocentrism KW - Negritude KW - Study and teaching KW - Race identity. KW - Education. KW - African influences KW - Ethnic identity UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77903183 AB - What can teachers, administrators, families, and communities do to create schools that provide rich learning experiences for African American children? Based on a critical reinterpretation of several key educational frameworks, African-Centered Pedagogy is a practical guide to accomplished teaching. Murrell suggests integrating the historical, cultural, political, and developmental considerations of the African American experience into a unified system of instruction, bringing to light those practices that already exist and linking them to contemporary ideas and innovations that concern effective practice in African American communities. This is then applied through a case study analysis of a school seeking to incorporate the unified theory and embrace African-centered practice. Murrell argues that key educational frameworks—although currently ineffective with African American children—hold promise if reinterpreted. ER -