Rosemary Traoré, Robert J. Lukens

This Isn't the America I Thought I'd Find

African Students in the Urban U.S. High School

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Produktbeschreibung

American society has long placed high expectations on our schools to advance this nation's prospects or to help resolve many of its ills. Throughout America's history, however, immigrant children have experienced difficulties adjusting to their new lives in our schools. This experience has been the fate of many African students who come to America with hopes of securing an excellent education, a better future, and a chance at the American dream; instead, they frequently find disappointment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9780761834557
• ISBN-10: 0761834559
• Artikelnr.: 21791514

Autorenporträt

Rosemary Traoré, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in Urban Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 List of Tables
Chapter 2 Foreword
Chapter 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Acknowledgements
Chapter 5 Introduction
Chapter 6 1. "The Darkest Thing About Africa is America's Ignorance of It"
Chapter 7 2. African Students Profiles-Previous and Current School
Experiences
Chapter 8 3. Myths and Misperceptions about Africa, or "I Don't Live in the
Jungle"
Chapter 9 4. Expectations and Disappointments: Immigrant Life in
America-Better Education, Better Life, and "The Streets are Paved with
Gold!"
Chapter 10 5. Afro-American Student Profiles
Chapter 11 6. The "White Elephant in the Room," or How Come Some of These
Students Don't Know They're African?
Chapter 12 7. Afrocentricity: Theory and Practical Implications
Chapter 13 8. Making the Connection / Sharing a Heritage
Chapter 14 9. Afrocentricity and Education Reforms
Chapter 15 Appendix
Chapter 16 Notes
Chapter 17 References
Chapter 18 Index
Chapter 19 About the Authors