Peas ‘N Rice” or “Rice ‘N Peas”—Which One are We Really Ordering

The Plight of African American Male Students Engaged in Educational Exchange Processes

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10856412
AutoresAdair F White-Johnson (Marietta City Schools, autor correspondente)
Ano2001
Volume36
Fascículo3
Páginas343-373
Data de publicação2001-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoUrban Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0042-0859 • E-ISSN: 1552-8340
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0042085901363003
OpenAlexW2009725294
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas8

The intent of the study was to explore the perceptions of African American male students who chose to leave the traditional academic setting and enroll in an alternative education program within the same school system. The primary informants, referred to as early leavers, were 5 African American male students enrolled in a suburban high school program, their parents, and several teachers. The study’s conceptual framework extended the analysis of the drop-out phenomenon beyond the demographics, drug culture, home environments, self-esteem, and teachers’ perceptions as contributing factors of African American early-leaver patterns and academic discontent. Instead, this study focused on the students’ narrated schooling experiences and offered insight to students’ agencies as alternate explanations of drop-out behavior

Academic achievement · African american · Chose · Demographic economics · Demographics · Drop out · Medical education · Pedagogy · Perception · Phenomenon · Political science · Sociology · Demography · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Education Methods and Practices · Family and Disability Support Research · Medicine · Psychology