Power, politics, and critical race pedagogy: A critical race analysis of Black male teachers' pedagogy

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-196

  Lynn, Marvin ^a   Jennings, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American education; African American teachers; Critical pedagogy; Critical race pedagogy; Critical Race Theory; Critical theory

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK POPULATION; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; POLITICS; RACE; RACISM; TEACHER TRAINING; TEACHING; THEORY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449363893     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613320902995467     Document Type: Article

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