Black mother educators : advancing praxis for access, equity and achievement

"Drawing upon the theoretical frameworks of Beauboeuf-Lafontant (2002), Collins (2009), Crenshaw (1991), and Dillard (2012), this volume makes a case for centering the voices and experiences of Black women in the protection and educational uplift of Black children. While examinations of how Bla...

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Other Authors Jackson, Tambra O. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2021]
SeriesContemporary perspectives on access, equity, and achievement.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806604500
DOI10.1108/9781648024054
Physical Description1 online resource (xxx, 208 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • PART 1. BLACK MOTHER EDUCATOR PRAXIS IN PK-12 CONTEXTS. Teaching others how to love Black children: Insights from early childhood educators and teacher educators
  • Advocate or accomplice? School counseling and disproportionate conduct referrals of young Black boys
  • Black women principals as protectors of Black children: Othermothering, resistance, and leadership for community survival
  • The guardians of Black joy: Freedom schools as spaces of healing and protection for Black children
  • PART 2. BLACK MOTHER EDUCATOR PRAXIS IN HIGHER EDUCATION CONTEXTS. Caring for those who are not always cared about: Black mother educators ensuring access for Black students with dis/abilities
  • Channeling Queen Nzinga in the fight against dysconsciousness at historically Black colleges and universities
  • Becoming Mama K: Accepting the responsibility of protecting Black children in higher education institutions
  • Formalizing Black othermothering practices in the academy: Establishing and maintaining nurturing and supportive mentoring relationships with Black students at predominantly white colleges and universities
  • PART 3. BLACK MOTHER EDUCATOR PRAXIS AS RESISTANCE. Put your mask on first: Intensive Black mothering in personal and professional spaces
  • Distractions cannot be bigger than the mission: Black women's motherwork in urban education.