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Understanding African American Teachers' Perceptions Of African American Students Who Are Homeless, Sharhonda Davies
Understanding African American Teachers' Perceptions Of African American Students Who Are Homeless, Sharhonda Davies
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The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the perceptions of African American in-service teachers and their beliefs about the academic, social and emotional needs of African American students who were homeless. While research supports the importance of teacher perceptions in building the teacher-student relationship at school (Powers-Costello & Swick, 2008), this research has been limited primarily to white female preservice elementary teachers. There has been little research in the area of African American in-service elementary teachers’ perceptions of students who are impacted by homelessness due to systematic racial disparity and poverty.
This study included three African American …