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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"African American adolescent males"”.
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Pedagogy of Social Justice: An Inquiry into the Experiences of African American Adolescent Males
… I explored stories from five eighth grade African American adolescent males in order to identify how home, community, and school experiences contributed to their academic success and social development. My passion for the inquiry was driven for my desire to foster a sense of agency for …
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A Qualitative Exploration of the Influence of Racism on Identity Development for African American Adolescent Males
<p>The life circumstances facing African American adolescent males are reported with a fair amount of frequency by numerous media outlets in our society. Reports generally communicate negative circumstances facing African American adolescent males in the educational, economic, social, and political …
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"Mentor Me To Mister" A Case Study of Mentoring through the Kappa Leadership and Developmental League
… and Developmental League uses to mentor African American males and the impact it has on their academic and social achievement. The researcher used a collective case study design to identify the best practices of the Kappa League. Purposeful sampling was used to identify and invite Kappa …
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Fatherless homes and delinquency: a study of institutionalized African American male youth
… delinquency, especially as it is perceived by African American adolescent males (N=23) who have been detained in a juvenile detention facility. This study is ethnographic, exploratory, and inductive in its approach. Hypotheses are generated or discovered rather than tested. The methodology that …
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Academic efficacy among adolescent African American males
The academic achievement gap between African American males and their White American counterparts is one of the most researched phenomena in educational and political circles. Current research proposes academic efficacy, sense of school belonging, and racial identity are internal psychological …
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Assessing Attitudes Towards Violence Among African American Male Youth: The Influence of Ecological Factors.
… within an ecological context in a sample of 151 African American adolescent males in North Carolina afterschool programs. Participants completed a 62-item survey that was comprised of the Neighborhood Characteristics Questionnaire, the Authoritative Parenting Index, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem …