The Complexity of Developing Properly Trained Education Professionals for African American Children: Exploring an African-Based Indigenous Socialization Process

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  In Roundtable Session: Fugitive Pedagogies and Black Educational Methodologies

Abstract

The research in this study explores the issues faced by Black children in the American education system as part of the larger problem of disenfranchisement within the Black community. It investigates the ineffectiveness of the current Eurocentric socialization process and assesses the need for alternative training and socialization methods for education professionals working with Black children.

Author

• Kmt G. Shockley, University of Houston