Sciurba, K. (2014). Texts as mirrors, texts as windows BLACK ADOLESCENT BOYS AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF TEXTUAL RELEVANCE. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy,58(4), 308-316. Discussions of culturally relevant and “boy” literature stress the importance of offering readers occasions to see themselves in texts. However, young men of color have… Continue Reading Texts as Mirrors, Texts as Windows Black Adolescent Boys and the Complexities of Textual Relevance
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“We Didn’t Let the Neighborhood Win”: Black Male Students’ Experiences in Negotiating and Navigating an Urban Neighborhood
Brooms, D. R. (2015). “We Didn’t let the neighborhood win”: Black male students’ experiences in negotiating and navigating an urban neighborhood. The Journal of Negro Education, 84(3), 269-281. The current study relies on in-depth interviews with twenty Black males who graduated from Du Bois Academy (pseudonym), an urban, all-boys public… Continue Reading “We Didn’t Let the Neighborhood Win”: Black Male Students’ Experiences in Negotiating and Navigating an Urban Neighborhood
Young African American boys narrating identities in science
Kane, J. M. (2016). Young african american boys narrating identities in science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 53(1), 95-118. The goal of this study is to bring the voices of African American boys front and center in science education research in an effort to strengthen our understandings of their… Continue Reading Young African American boys narrating identities in science