| Title: | Getting It Right: Building a Bridge to Literacy for Adolescent African-American Males |
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| Personal Author: | Boone, Jennifer; Rawson, Casey; Vance, Katy |
| Journal Name: | School Library Monthly |
| Source: | School Library Monthly v. 27 no. 2 (November 2010) p. 34-7 |
Highpoints:
1) A summary of statistics about the need for literacy for this population.
2) Engaging this population with books by authors that are black isn't enough, we have to do the following:
A) View academic success as a possibility and expect it.
B) Confront and contradict stereotypes.
C) Have students work collaborative with challenging texts
D) Select text purposefully.
E) Use appropriate teaching techniques to address the issues of this population.
F) Do whatever it takes to reach out to this population, some suggestions listed in article.
What do my readers think? As reading amongst our African American boys is one of our biggest problems I thought this might get some responses.
TMP-TT
Hi Tom, I have done some work in this area in Chicago and wanted to share another resource for those who are interested, "Teaching Reading to Young Black Males," by Alfred Tatum. Dr. Tatum grew up in Chicago and draws on tons of personal experience to make sense of this issue. He offers really specific activities for the classroom as well a deep understanding of why it is challenging to reach this student population.
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Alfred Tatum has spoken to our district and is cited in the article. Thank you for sharing this resource!
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