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Black children and their churches
… impact on the behaviors and attitudes of children. In this regard, much of the attention has been focused on the school and home environments. The aim of this research was to explore the significance of a major institutional setting in black communities, the church, on black children. …
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Speaking the Unutterable: White Teachers and Black Children
… teaching careers as White teachers working with Black students. Using a curriculum of place (Casemore, 2008; Kincheloe & Pinar, 1991; Whitlock, 2007) and the combined methodologies of personal-passionate-participatory inquiry (He & Phillion, 2008) and portraiture (Lawrence-Lightfoot & Davis, …
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Race Concepts and Self-Esteem in Black Children
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Culturally Responsive Approaches to Teaching Black Children: A Literature Review
<p>Black American children make up a distinct cultural group and more effort should be placed on helping them succeed in school. School dropout rates among Black American youth who come from low-income, disadvantaged backgrounds continue to rise, especially in urban areas. Black children who are …
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The pedagogic significance of the aesthetic dimension in the education of black children
The aim of this study is to describe different works of art in order to establish the educational objectives for each type of art as a school subject. An introductory theoretical background of works of art is provided with specific reference to traditional, semiotic and marketing values of art …
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The prevalence of asthma in urban and rural Black children : an epidemiological survey
… on the prevalence rates of asthma in Xhosa children living in an urban westernised community, Guguletu, Cape Town and in a rural traditional community, Tsolo District, Republic of Transkei; 2. to compare the findings of this survey with studies done elsewhere in the world on prevalence rates …
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Sweetness is Not a Guarantee: Disrupting Picture Book Depictions of Black Children as Comestible
… politics involved in the depiction of Black children in picture book text and images, focusing particularly on the representation of Black children as food. My corpus of texts consists of six picture books by five different Black creators: three with poems by Joyce Carol Thomas and …
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An investigation into the child rearing practices of parents and alcohol abuse by black children
… on parental role and/or influence in their children’s self-destructive behaviours (i.e. including the abuse of alcohol) (Chapman & Werner- Wilson, 2008; Lamborn, Mounts, Steinberg & Dornbusch, 1991; Sprecher, Harris & Meyers, 2008). Most studies and intervention programmes deal with …
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Educational attainment of Black children of immigrants in Canada: Evidence from the Ethnic Diversity Survey
… thesis examines the educational adaptation of children of black immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean. The influence of common shared values on the educational attainment of a segment of the new second generation---Black children of immigrants---is explored. The data are drawn from the 2002 …
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The effects of Project BIG on self concept and black pride of urban black children at the fourth grade level
… effects of Project BIG on the self-concept and black pride of urban black children at the fourth-grade level. The study was conducted as a part of Project BIG (Black Image Growth), a Model Cities-supported inservice social studies program, which emphasized the concerns and contributions of black …
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Memoir of a Black Female Social Worker: Re-Collections on Black Women Parenting and Parental Involvement in the Education of Black Children
<p>This study explores Black parental involvement by re-collecting my lived experiences as parent and social worker through memoir. Although the main characters in my stories are based on my family members and the parents and children I have assisted in various schools, I have fictionalized events, …
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Racial socialization, achievement and socioemotional development among black children during the early years of schooling: the role of family, school, and neighborhood contexts
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(Re) Constructing the Subject: A Strategic Model for Acquisition of Africana Liberation Through Children's Books
Children of African descent gather information about the world from various sources such as school, television, toys, and books. This research focuses specifically on books as an educational tool. The dominant focus of this work is to evaluate the ideas communicated to black children in books. …
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Transracial adoptions: An alternative solution
… adoptions indicated that White homes for Black children are a viable adoption resource. In this society Black children who are free for adoption require extra attention from agencies for adoption. The focus of the study was on White homes for Black children, and the racial issues in the …
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Reframing parental involvement of black parents: black parental protectionism
… Revolutionary War veteran, community leader, and Black parent, petitioned the Massachusetts legislature on behalf of Black children demanding a separate “African” school. Hall claimed that Black children were met with continuous hostility and suffered maltreatment when attending White controlled …
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A Developmental Study on the Kinetic Family Drawing for a Nonclinic, Black-Child Population in the Midwestern Region of the United States
… Valid psychological instruments for use with Black children are scarce. This study sought to validate the Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) as a useful tool for gathering information about Black children and their families, and to obtain normative and developmental data for this population.</p> …
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Christian Education as a Vehicle of the Liberation of a Black Child: A Critical Analysis of the Relevance of Christian Schools in Vhembe District, South Africa
… of Christian education in emancipating Black children from the existing challenges in Black communities. The Vhembe District in northern South Africa is remarkable for its unique socio-economic and cultural context, presenting considerable challenges and potential for Christian education …
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