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The Skin They're In
Racially Relevant Instructional Strategies for Teaching African American Students
ByDr. Mack T. Hines III
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QuestionWhy do African American Students continually fail to
experience academic success in school?
• Place to Learn • Space to Achieve
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AnswerLack of Pride
Positive
Racial
Identity
Development
Experiences
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Racially Relevant Instruction• Racially relevant instruction is using the
cultural and sociocultural aspects of Black culture to imbue African American children with the racial identity needed to succeed in the classroom.
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PICTURE THIS
• The Rationale
• “When a teacher presents a picture of learning and you are not in it, you become an afterthought of accountability, and your life and experiences will not find a mirror in the classroom.”
• Dr. Mack T. Hines III
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Four Frames of Reference
Oral & Rhythmic Expression
Multi-Level Togetherness Episodic Vitality
Vervistic Focus
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INSTRUCTIONS
As you work in groups, I would like you to
help each other by working together to
complete the assignment. It is important that
you feel connected with the other people in
your group. You should also try to do everything
that you can to share, help and work well together
for the good of the group.
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Multi-Level Togetherness
• Communalism
Forming
communal groups
to accomplish goals.
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AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE “AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER?”
• Concern
• Altogether for
• Relating to
• Everybody
Treating
Relationships with
Understanding
Sensitivity and
Truth
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AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE “AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER?”
• SOCIAL ORIENTATION• Strong Emphasis on Relating to People Instead of
Objects
• GROUP DUTY
• Group First
• Individual Second
• IDENTITY
• Self Tied to Other Selves
• SHARING
• Caring to Share
• Sharing to Care
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DifferencesCooperation & Communalism
• Cooperation• Loosely Structured
• Extrinsic Orientation• Motivated by Goals• Practical in Nature
Practice +
Repetition________Success
• Communalism• Definitively Structured• Intrinsic Orientation• Motivated by People
• Sociocentric in NatureSocial
+Cultural_______Success
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Community Building
Looks Likes
• A family-oriented community of learners
• Joint Tasks
• Accountable Discussions
• Mutual Agreements
• African American students learn best in family-oriented learning communities.
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Vervistic Focus
The use of high energy
and emotion to acquire
and retain information.
• Task Stimulation
• Task Variation
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