1st Edition
Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males Closing the Achievement Gap
By Alfred W. Tatum
Copyright 2005
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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The racial achievement gap in literacy is one of the most difficult issues in education today, and nowhere does it manifest itself more perniciously than in the case of black adolescent males. Approaching the problem from the inside, author Alfred Tatum brings together his various experiences as a black male student, middle school teacher working with struggling black male readers, reading... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1: Literacy Development in Black Adolescent Males; Chapter 2: Turmoil and the Promise of Reading; Chapter 3: Black Males and the Reading Achievement Gap; Chapter 4: Reconceptualizing the Role of Literacy Instruction; Chapter 5: Structuring Curriculum Orientations that Empower Students; Chapter 6: A Culturally Responsive Approach to Literacy Teaching; Chapter 7: Using a Comprehensive Framework; Chapter 8: Discussing Texts; Chapter 9: Strengthening The Assessment Profile; Chapter 10: Establishing A Professional-Development Community; Chapter 11: Conducting Teacher Inquiries
Biography
Alfred W. Tatum teaches at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Previously he was an assistant Professor in the Department of Literacy Education at Northern Illinois University, and an assistant professor of reading in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Maryland. He began his career as an middle-school teacher on the south side of Chicago. Alfred has provided professional development support in schools across the United States, and has published in several journals including The Reading Teacher, the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, the Illinois Reading Council Journal, the Journal of College Reading and Learning, and Principal Leadership.
