The experience of isolation in alternative education: A heuristic research study
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Pane, D, Salmon, A. (2009). The experience of isolation in alternative education: A heuristic research study
. Western Journal of Black Studies, 33(4), 282-292.
Pane, D, Salmon, A. (2009). The experience of isolation in alternative education: A heuristic research study
. Western Journal of Black Studies, 33(4), 282-292.
An epistemological crisis underlies the abysmal state of literacy education for African American students who are disproportionately racialized, marginalized, and isolated in schools and society. A cultural deficit paradigm perpetuates traditional pedagogies that highlight students 'presumed weaknesses. Transformative Black Education and Critical Race Theory in Education provide a reconceptualized conceptual framework for transforming hegemonic oppressive social structures in literacy education with African American students. This heuristic research study explores the experience of isolation in alternative education for a White teacher with African American students as it relates to transforming teacher mindsets about teaching reading and eradicating the literacy/illiteracy social divide through transformative literacy arts-based inquiry.
