Less than fifty percent of African American students graduate from high school. Their educational failure is built into the racial structure of curriculum, standardized testing, teacher preparation programs, and even teacher recruitment pathways. Shut Up and Listen argues that African American students should be taught to navigate and resist the racism perpetuated in every aspect of society and schools, and that to do so requires the development and expression of a culturally-rooted voice as a foundation for multicultural, multilingual, democratic communities. Shut Up and Listen focuses on the voices, perspectives, and experiences of urban African American students - and on their writing, to remind educators of the power of voice, and how far schools are from addressing the reality of racism.
| ISBN: | 9781433111211 |
| Publication date: | 10th June 2011 |
| Author: | Christopher Bodenheimer Knaus |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 201 pages |
| Series: | Black Studies and Critical Thinking |
| Genres: |
Philosophy and theory of education Moral and social purpose of education Secondary schools Teacher training Cultural studies Population and demography Advice on education |