Research Catalog

Title

Shooting for excellence : African American and youth culture in new century schools / Jabari Mahiri.

Author

Mahiri, Jabari.

Publication

Urbana, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English ; New York : Teachers College Press, ©1998.

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Details

Description

vii, 171 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Covers computer technology, multiculturalism, tracking, race relations, the canon, as well as specific aspects of African American culture, such as signifying and receiver-centered discourse, and the ways in which they affect learning.

Subject

• African Americans > Education
• African Americans > Education (Secondary)
• Popular culture > United States
• Multicultural education > United States
• Educational anthropology > United States
• English language > Study and teaching > African American students
• Language and education > United States
• African Americans > Education
• Educational anthropology
• English language > Study and teaching > African American students
• Language and education
• Multicultural education
• Popular culture
• Interkulturelle Erziehung
• Taalonderwijs
• Zwarten
• United States
• Schwärze
• USA

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-166) and index.

Contents

The challenge of African American and youth culture in changing schools -- Speaking rights/reading rites: language and literacy practices outside of school -- Writing differences: struggles for cultural and academic voice -- Changing classroom discourse and culture -- Reflecting diversity in a mutable curriculum -- Imagining new century schools.

ISBN

• 0814144632
• 9780814144633
• 0807737887
• 9780807737880

LCCN

98007066

OCLC

• ocm38898028
• 38898028
• SCSB-8920553

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library