As the number of African-born students in American schools increases, it is important that schools enlarge the circle of diversity to include African-born students who are rendered invisible by their skin color and continent of origin.. African Immigrants' Experiences in American Schools: Complicating the Race Discourse is aimed at filling the gap in the literature about African-born students in American schools. This book will not only assist teachers and administrators in understanding the nuanced cultural, sociological, and socio-cognitive differences between American-born and African-born students; it will also equip them with effective interpersonal teaching strategies adapted to the distinct needs of African-born students and others like them. The book explores in depth salient African-rooted factors that come into play in the social and academic integration of African immigrant students, such as gender, spirituality, colonization, religious affiliation, etc. The authors examine American-rooted factors that complicate the adaptation of these students in the US educational school system, such as institutional racism, Afrophobia, Islamophobia, cultural discontinuities, curricular mismatches, and western media mis-portrayals. They also proffer pedagogical tools and frameworks that may help minimize these deleterious factors.
Contents
Series Foreword by Kenneth Fasching-Varner, Roland Mitchell, and Lori L. Martin Foreword by Mojúb+áolú Olufúnké Okome Introduction Chapter 1: Why an invisible surge of African Immigrants Chapter 2: Complicating race discourse: African-born students In U.S. schools Chapter 3: Educational Systems in Pre-colonial, Colonial and Post-colonial Africa Chapter 4: Affirming African Philosophies, Epistemologies and Worldviews Chapter 5: Spirituality, Religion and Schooling of African-born Students Chapter 6: Language Politics and the Education of African-born Students Chapter 7: Gender and Education Matters in African Contexts Chapter 8: Conclusion: Empowering Pedagogical Practices About the Authors
Contents Series Foreword by Kenneth Fasching-Varner, Roland Mitchell, and Lori L. Martin Foreword by Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome Introduction Chapter 1: Why an invisible surge of African Immigrants Chapter 2: Complicating race discourse: African-born students In U.S. schools Chapter 3: Educational Systems in Pre-colonial, Colonial and Post-colonial Africa Chapter 4: Affirming African Philosophies, Epistemologies and Worldviews Chapter 5: Spirituality, Religion and Schooling of African-born Students Chapter 6: Language Politics and the Education of African-born Students Chapter 7: Gender and Education Matters in African Contexts Chapter 8: Conclusion: Empowering Pedagogical Practices About the Authors
