ERIC Number: ED591710
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Apr-27
Pages: 9
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Black Male Students' Struggle to Be Fully Cared about in Nontraditional School Spaces
Ransom, Julia Camille; Jackson, Iesha
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Antonio, TX, Apr 27-May 1, 2017)
This paper, which highlights the importance culturally relevant caring (CRC) in ensuring equitable educational opportunities for Black male students in alternative schools, contributes to literature on the Black male "overage, under-credited" and GED student populations. Our analysis provides insight into the following research question: What are the ways in which Black males across nontraditional settings articulate their experience of care in their schooling? This study utilized ethnographic methods to collect and make meaning from data collected at two non-traditional high schools in two large Northeastern cities. Perspectives from 13 Black males students suggest that providing these students with CRC is one way to help ensure they do not spend additional time languishing in a broken school system.
Descriptors: African American Students, Cultural Relevance, Caring, Males, Nontraditional Education, Student Needs, Student Attitudes, High School Equivalency Programs, High School Students, Late Adolescents, Young Adults
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: High School Equivalency Programs; High Schools; Adult Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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