The Affect: How Educators Affect the Socioacademic Experiences of Black Adolescent Male Students

• In Event: Teacher Research: Connecting the Social, Academic, and Emotional Lives of Students and Teachers

Abstract

Against the existing research about how punitive discipline practices negatively affect Black males, little is acknowledged about how relationships with onsite educators affect their socio-academic experiences. Preceding literatures show how respective relationships with onsite educators can be for Black male students. This phenomenological praxis research study used three chronological reflective focus groups, and one-on-one dialogic follow-ups to investigate the socio-academic experiences of Black adolescent male students at a public high school. Analysis revealed maintaining personal relationships, keeping it 100, and cultural relevancy are important factors that positively affect the socio-academic experiences of Black male students. My responsibility is to use findings from this study to enhance educators’ teaching practices and discipline approaches when working with Black male scholars.

Author

• Donald Ivy Frazier, Jr., San Francisco Unified School District