Cultural vibrancy: Exploring the preferences of African American children toward culturally relevant and non-culturally relevant lessons

Urban Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-309

  Sampson, Darlene ^a   Garrison Wade, Dorothy F ^b  

^a Denver Public Schools   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American high school students; Critical race theory; Cultural vibrancy; Culturally relevant; Curriculum; Racial identity development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960033288     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-010-0170-x     Document Type: Article

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