Beyond the racial achievement gap: creating conditions for African American student success

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dc.contributor.advisorDellaVecchia, Roxana M.
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Pamela Williams
dc.contributor.departmentTowson University. Department of Educational Technology and Literacy
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-17T19:36:23Z
dc.date.available2015-12-17T19:36:23Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-03
dc.date.submitted2009-12
dc.description(Ed. D.)--Towson University, 2009.
dc.description.abstractMoving beyond the racial achievement gap to determine conditions that promote African American student success requires exploring the history of African American education and what works for successful African American learners. The study uses Appreciative Inquiry (AI) as a positive approach and research methodology for unlocking the phenomenon of student success for African American learners-past, present, and future-in a public education system. It employs technology as a data collection and analysis tool, but also as a tutor and tutee. The study organization is a single gender, selective enrollment, urban public high school. Two groups of respondents are the subjects of this study. The first group consists of African American alumnae of the school who attended it during the post-Brown v. Board of Education (1954) era and self-identify as being successful academically and professionally. The second group is that of current African American students who were from among the school's juniors and seniors. Findings inform effective instructional practices as well as characteristics of an environment conducive to teaching and learning. Additionally, the study yields recommendations for the school's future and implications for public education.
dc.description.tableofcontentsShifting of views (introduction) -- Respecting the pupil (literature review) -- The oxymoron (methodology) -- Conditions for learning (findings) -- Lessons learned (conclusions).
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dc.format.extentxi, 178 pages
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dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M20702
dc.identifier.otherDF2009Morgan
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/2079
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.relation.ispartofTowson University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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dc.subject.lcshEducational equalization -- United States
dc.subject.lcshAcademic achievement -- United States
dc.titleBeyond the racial achievement gap: creating conditions for African American student success
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