Black Males in the Education Pipeline: Asset-Based Pedagogy for the 21st Century

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

The empirical evidence is overwhelming that Black males are among one of the most vulnerable student populations in the United States. The most salient indicators of academic performance in K – 12 and post-secondary schools imply that Black boys are overrepresented in categories associated with failure and underrepresented in those traditionally associated with success. Panelists will share innovative pedagogical practices, interventions, and theoretical frameworks: useful for reshaping the perspectives used by practitioners to facilitate the positive social and intellectual development of Black male students. Findings from each paper presented will provide empirically supported recommendations for leveraging asset-based understandings of Black males and Black youth culture to better support the implementation of culturally responsive pedagogy.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Education

Chairs

• Rich Milner, Vanderbilt University

• Chezare Warren, University of Pennsylvania

Papers

• Toward a Pedagogy of Hip-Hop in Urban Teacher Education - Thurman L. Bridges, Morgan State University

• What the Black Middle Class Can Tell Us: Stories From Inside the School-to-Prison Pipeline - Crystal T. Laura, Chicago State University

• Engaging African American Men in Higher Education: Examining African American Male Initiative Projects - Derrick R. Brooms, Prairie State College

• “Nice White Ladies”: Operationalizing the Empathy Effect on Student-Teacher Interactions With Black Male Students - Chezare Warren, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant

• James L. Moore, The Ohio State University