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From 1999 to 2006, I studied the pedagogical strategies, both the affective and cognitive dimensions, of African American science teachers. In 2000, it became clear after attending several science education conferences and studying two bodies of literature for years—African American education and science education—that the voice and perspectives of African American teachers were absent from [...]

Effective African American teachers incorporate aspects of African American communicative patterns into classroom events (Hollins, 1982; Ladson Billings & Henry, 1990; Foster, 1987, 1989, Irvine, 1990, 1991). Hollins (1982) found evidence of cultural congruence between aspects of African American communicative behavior and African American teachers teaching style. Familiar participation patterns-call and response, use of analogies, [...]

A recently released study from the Johns Hopkins University Economics of Education Review shows that there are significant differences in how white, Black, and Hispanic teachers view the abilities and potential of Black students. Gershenson. Holt and Papageorge (2016) suggest that the low expectations of some teachers could affect the performance of students, particularly disadvantaged ones who lack [...]

The work of numerous scholars from 1987 to 2003 focused on including the effective and successful pedagogical strategies of African American teachers in the teacher education literature. These scholars conducted rigorous empirical research studies and exhaustive literature reviews on effective teaching strategies of African American teachers (e.g., Foster, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997; Irvine, [...]