"I want to do the right thing but what is it?": White Teachers' Experiences with African American Students

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-161

  Henfield, Malik S ^a   Washington, Ahmad R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Color blindness; Culturally relevant pedagogy; Middle school; Teacher; White

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865717945     PISSN: 00222984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7709/jnegroeducation.81.2.0148     Document Type: Article

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