Beyond "Commentaries of Despair:" Reengineering Pathways to Design in the Schooling of Black Men

Autor/inn/en	Matthews, Lou Edward; Williams, Brian A.
Titel	Beyond "Commentaries of Despair:" Reengineering Pathways to Design in the Schooling of Black Men
Quelle	In: Negro Educational Review, The, 58 (2007) 3-4, (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0548-1457
Schlagwörter	Equal Education; Engineering; Educational Opportunities; Males; Masculinity; African Americans; Access to Education; Educational Quality; Outcomes of Education; Public Opinion; Educational Research; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Models; Culturally Relevant Education; Mass Media Effects; Program Design + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Maschinenbau; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Männlichkeit; Afroamerikaner; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Öffentliche Meinung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Analogiemodell; Programme design; Programmaufbau; Programmplanung
Abstract	Ensuring that young Black men are afforded equal educational opportunities, access, and outcomes in education remains the most pressing challenge of modern schooling. Critical to overcoming this challenge is a focus on engineering pathways to design for school-based initiatives which draw more comprehensively from research and the prevailing negative public discourse. Utilizing a critical engineering lens, the authors examine how existing pathways to design limit the possibilities for young Black men in schools. Three propositions are offered as essential for design: (a) rejection of deficit language in public discourse; (b) establishment of critical orientations toward school and social barriers; and (c) acknowledgement of a culturally centered, multidimensional notion of masculinity. These propositions are discussed and a reengineered model for creating these experiences is proposed which may assist educators in developing relevant, successful school-based initiatives involving young Black men. (Contains 2 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10