Creating Developmentally Auspicious School Environments for African American Boys

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 333-365

  Barbarin, Oscar A ^a   Chinn, Lisa ^a   Wright, Yamanda F ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American boys; Gender differences; Public single sex schooling; Racial achievement gaps; Racial disparities; School discipline

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EDUCATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WORK; STEREOTYPING; TEACHER; TEACHING; VIOLENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTORS; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL WORK; STEREOTYPING; TEACHING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84908396067     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2014.04.003     Document Type: Chapter

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