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The Schooling Experiences Of African American Males Attending Predominately White Independent Schools, Dana Adams Coleman
The Schooling Experiences Of African American Males Attending Predominately White Independent Schools, Dana Adams Coleman
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation seeks to examine the schooling experiences of African American males attending predominately White independent schools in California. Using Critical Race Theory as a theoretical framework and the factors contributing to schooling experiences, this qualitative research explores the role of student self-perception, teacher expectations, and parent involvement as contributing factors to participants overall schooling experiences. Utilizing counterstorytelling as a means of capturing the rich narratives shared by the participants, data analysis included holistic content coding based on themes that emerged from narrative examination. Findings indicate how parent involvement became the overarching critical component that was most significant in positive …
African American Parental Engagement In A Public Middle School: Contributing Factors, Laura J. Mcgowan-Robinson
African American Parental Engagement In A Public Middle School: Contributing Factors, Laura J. Mcgowan-Robinson
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
Parental engagement with schools is often considered one of the major contributing factors to a child’s success in school. There is not, however, a definition of parental engagement that takes into account the social, historical, and cultural factors that shape a parent’s view of their own engagement. This qualitative case study examines how African American parents in a high poverty, urban, charter middle school, come to understand practices and beliefs at their child’s school, while building relationships with other parents and school staff. Through the lenses of critical race theory and cultural-historical activity theory, the researcher analyzes how the convergence …