Sealey-Ruiz, Y., & Greene, P. (2015).Popular Visual Images and the (Mis)Reading of Black Male Youth: a case for racial literacy in urban preservice teacher education . Teaching Education, 26(1), 55-76. In the majority of public schools across the nation, Black male youth are undergoing what can be deemed as “educational… read more
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“The Brown Face of Hope”: Reading Engagement and African American Boys
Meier, T. (2015). “The Brown Face of Hope”: Reading Engagement and African American Boys. The Reading Teacher, 68(5), 335-335. African American children’s literature has a potentially powerful role to play in increasing reading engagement for African American boys. Unfortunately, this body of literature is not always used effectively in schools.… read more
Books Like Clothes: Engaging Young Black Men With Reading
Kirkland, D. E. (2011). Books Like Clothes: Engaging Young Black Men With Reading.Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy,55(3), 199-208. Using 18 weeks of classroom data from a much larger ethnographic study, Kirkland examines the reading ideologies influencing the literacy engagement of a young Black male, Derrick. (To protect participants identities,… read more
Self-Concept-of-Achievement Ability and Reading Proficiency of Black and White Males in an Adult Education Course
Mangieri, J. N., & Olsen, H. D. (1977). Self-Concept-of-Achievement Ability and Reading Proficiency of Black and White Males in an Adult Education Course. The Journal of Negro Education, 46(4), 456 – 461. Black & white M adult education students (N = 188) aged 17 to 45 years were administered the Nelson-Denny Reading… read more