The Pedagogy of African American Parents: Learning from Educational Excellence in the African American Community.
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: This qualitative study of how parents teach their children to excel academically in the African American community seeks to establish the validity of the pedagogical practices of working class African American families by investigating the educational leadership of two families on Chicago's south side. The study acknowledges the significance of non school factors (Schubert, 1986) that contribute to academic success. Parent pedagogical strategies are consistent with research findings on the sponsored independence parent involvement style reported by Clark, (1983). Findings demonstrate the significance of intergenerational educational practices, expectations, experiential motivation, parent advocacy, rituals and other factors. “The reason I wanted her and my son to go to an Ivy League school was because I felt that they would be able to have contact to do whatever they wanted to do. So what I’ve found is that if you don’t put boundaries on
Source: Current Issues in Education
Author: Audrey P. Watkins
Institution: Western Illinois University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1920499031