Bøger af Abul Pitre

Afrocentric Innovations in Higher Education supplants the historical notion of higher education as an individual endeavor with pioneering perspectives that outline interventions that enhance the education of people of African descent in areas of student services, teacher preparation, career preparation, and the role of Africana Studies in HBCUs.

The Gloria Ladson-Billings Reader provides current and future educators with key selections from scholar, educator, and advocate Gloria Ladson-Billings' seminal works. Readers learn how Ladson-Billings has sought to improve the educational experience of multicultural student populations and how they, as educators, can continue her work through the development of culturally relevant pedagogy and the employment of critical practices in the classroom. The text is organized into three sections. Section One features articles that provide readers with a framework for understanding how race and racism impact the educational experiences of students. In Section Two, readers are introduced to the components of culturally relevant pedagogy and provided with practical examples to guide them in becoming more culturally responsive. The final section underscores how educators can prepare to support diverse student populations, the personal characteristics that are vital for success in this endeavor, and how teacher education programs can improve to support these goals. Providing readers with the tools needed to be effective educators and advocates for equality and equity, The Gloria Ladson-Billings Reader is an excellent text for programs and courses in education.Abul Pitre is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and School Administration at Fayetteville State University. He holds a Ph.D. in educational leadership from Colorado State University.Jocelyn Smith-Gray is an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Elementary Education at Fayetteville State University. She holds a master's degree in education from Ashford University.Kishia Carrington James is a counselor coordinator for the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina. She is a doctoral candidate of educational leadership at Fayetteville State University.Tanya Hudson is an assistant professor in the Department of Elementary Education at Fayetteville State University. She holds an Ed.D in educational leadership from Gardner-Webb University.

"In whose interests are schools working? What role do educational leaders play in maintaining oppression and inequality? These striking questions and others like them are addressed in the book Educational leaders in a multicultural society: a critical perspective. This text provides in-service and pre-service education leaders in the K-12 setting with a critical framework for ensuring equity and equality of education for historically underserved students. The book addresses multicultural education from a new and unique perspective, linking critical pedagogy and theory, and social justice to transformative leadership. It then uses these concepts to increase understanding of educational philosophy, curriculum and instruction, policy-making, and school-community relations."--Publisher's website.

Explores the educational ideas of Louis Farrakhan and demonstrates how these ideas could transform education. The book highlights human development and education - both focused on ongoing transitions through which individuals can attain the highest degree of personal achievement.

Drawing from Louis Farrakhan's decades of teaching on education and leadership this volume brings his ideas into the educational leadership discourse.

The Struggle for Black History: Foundations for a Critical Black Pedagogy in Education captures the controversy that surrounds the implementation of Black studies in schools' curricula. This book examines student experiences of a controversial Black history program in 1994 that featured critical discourse about the historical role of racism and its impact on Black people. The program and its continuing controversy is analyzed by drawing from the analyses of Elijah Muhammad, Carter G. Woodson, Maulana Karenga, Molefi Asante, Paulo Freire, Peter McLaren, James Banks, and others. Professors Abul and Esrom Pitre and Professor Ruth Ray use case studies and student experiences to highlight the challenges faced when trying to implement Black studies programs.This study provides the reader with an illuminating picture of critical pedagogy, critical race theory, multicultural education, and Black studies in action. The book lays the foundation for what the authors term "critical Black pedagogy in education," which is an examination of African American leaders, scholars, students, activists, their exegeses and challenge of power relations in Black education. In addition, the book provides recommendations for schools, parents, students, and activists interested in implementing Black studies and multicultural education.

This book situates the teachings of Elijah Muhammad in academia, creating a field of study that particularly extrapolates the jewels of Muhammad's teachings. This preview of the teachings of Muhammad, and its multifaceted, interdisciplinary scope, has the potential to change the philosophical and practical methods of education.