Framing Black Boys. Parent, Teacher, and Student Narratives of the Academic Lives of Black Boys

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 301-332

  Rowley, Stephanie J ^a   Ross, Latisha ^a   Lozada, Fantasy T ^a   Williams, Amber ^a   Gale, Adrian ^a   Kurtz Costes, Beth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; African American boys; Black boys; Black parents; Counter narratives; Teacher student relationships

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROL; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEXISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SPORT; STEREOTYPING; TEACHING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENTING; PREJUDICE; SEXISM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; SPORTS; STEREOTYPING; TEACHING;

EID: 84908454414     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2014.05.003     Document Type: Chapter

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