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Racialized Identities: Race and Achievement among African American Youth
Na´ilah Suad Nasir
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Description for Racialized Identities: Race and Achievement among African American Youth
Paperback. This book explores how various constructions of identity can influence educational achievement for African American students, both within and outside of school. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
As students navigate learning and begin to establish a sense of self, local surroundings can have a major influence on the range of choices they make about who they are and who they want to be. This book investigates how various constructions of identity can influence educational achievement for African American students, both within and outside school.
Unique in its attention to the challenges that social and educational stratification pose, as well as to the opportunities that extracurricular activities can offer for African American students' access to learning, this book brings a deeper understanding of the local and fluid aspects ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804760195
SKU
V9780804760195
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99-50
About Na´ilah Suad Nasir
Na'ilah Suad Nasir is Associate Professor of Education and African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is coeditor of Improving Access to Mathematics: Diversity and Equity in the Classroom (2006), with Paul Cobb.
Reviews for Racialized Identities: Race and Achievement among African American Youth
"Nasir (education and African American studies, Univ. of California, Berkeley) probes deeply into identity formation through the lens of race, and makes recommendations for using that understanding as a springboard for supporting identity building in a school environment. This book contributes to the ongoing discussion about the relationship between race and education by moving beyond common notions of diversity and ... Read more