Our mission is uplift
Afrofuturism and collective work for liberation in Black homeschooling organizations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12427747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas J Noel (0000-0002-8310-6243), Thomas Noel (0000-0002-7732-042X, DePaul University, corresponding author), Joby Gardner (0000-0002-2706-4851, DePaul University), Joseph Gardner, Addai-Arhin Sylvester (DePaul University), Ariel Sylvester |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2/3 |
| Pages | 82-100 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | On the Horizon The International Journal of Learning Futures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1074-8121 • E-ISSN: 2054-1708 |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1108/oth-03-2024-0012 |
| OpenAlex | W4400795495 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Purpose This study aims to explore how Black homeschooling organizations based in the United States with a public web presence in 2023–2024 characterize their missions and what these mission statements can tell us both about the growing homeschooling movement among Black parents, as well as its potential implications for education as a means of individual and collective uplift and positive social change. Design/methodology/approach This paper used critical constructivist grounded theory (Levitt, 2021) and emergent coding to analyze the mission statements and organizational descriptions of all 19 U.S.-based Black homeschooling organizations with a public facing web presence identified via Google search in 2023 and 2024. Findings Utilizing Afrofuturism as our theoretical framework, themes such as Black self-determination, community, support, and resources, and safety and empowerment emerged. Black homeschooling organizations offer families a safe and informative community as they seek agency, autonomy and brighter futures for their children than may be on offer in traditional schools. Originality/value Our research fills an empirical gap in the literature on Black homeschooling by examining an existing but, so far as this paper could determine, unstudied population of U.S.-based Black homeschooling organizations. Our research also contributes by applying Afrofuturism and fugitive pedagogy as novel theoretical frameworks to better understand the move toward homeschooling by increasing numbers of Black parents
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |