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Culturally-Responsive Pedagogy For African American Students: Promising Programs And Practices For Enhanced Academic Performance, Tyrone C. Howard, Clarence L. Terry Sr.
Culturally-Responsive Pedagogy For African American Students: Promising Programs And Practices For Enhanced Academic Performance, Tyrone C. Howard, Clarence L. Terry Sr.
Clarence "La Mont" Terry, Sr.
The academic outcomes for African American students continue to lag behind their White, Latino, and Asian American counterparts. Culturally responsive pedagogy has been purported to be an intervention that may help to reverse the persistent under performance for African American students. This article high- lights findings from a three-year study of an intervention program designed to increase college going rates for African American students. The authors document the manner in which overall student outcomes, graduation rates, and college going rates increased when culturally responsive pedagogical practices were used. Finally, this work calls for academic rigor to be a more germane …
Undergraduate Elementary Teacher Education Program And Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Deborah A. O'Connor
Undergraduate Elementary Teacher Education Program And Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Deborah A. O'Connor
Dissertations
This study examined an undergraduate elementary teacher education program that had been redesigned based on outcomes of a Teacher Quality Education grant and research on culturally responsive pedagogy. This research study was a program evaluation based on data gathered from the alumni of the program using classroom observations, surveys, and focus groups as data collection methods. Focusing on the concepts of equity, inquiry, and culturally responsive pedagogy, this study indicates program graduates did practice these concepts in their classrooms well, but with superficial understanding of the theory. The study suggests that in order for teachers to be agents of change …
Culturally Responsive Community Based Financial Literacy Education: Practical Implications From A Mixed Methods Study Of Financial Educators, Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Edward W. Taylor, Karin Sprow
Culturally Responsive Community Based Financial Literacy Education: Practical Implications From A Mixed Methods Study Of Financial Educators, Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Edward W. Taylor, Karin Sprow
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper provides a summary of findings of a mixed method study of 271 financial literacy educators in community-based programs and offers practical implications for culturally responsive pedagogy.
Beginning With El Barrio: Learning From Exemplary Teachers Of Latino Students, Jason G. Irizarry, John Raible
Beginning With El Barrio: Learning From Exemplary Teachers Of Latino Students, Jason G. Irizarry, John Raible
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
This study draws from data collected through phenomenological interviews with a group of urban teachers identified as “exemplary” by Latino students, parents, and community members. The authors critically examine the participants’ biographies and document factors they cited as most germane and influential to informing their practice with Latino students. The article concludes with a discussion of barrio-based epistemologies and ontologies, or ways of being and knowing that are informed by extended immersion in and connection to Latino cultural and linguistic communities, particularly as they are developed explicitly and leveraged to improve educational experiences and outcomes for Latino youth.