Kirkland, D. E. (2011). Books Like Clothes: Engaging Young Black Men With Reading.Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy,55(3), 199-208. Using 18 weeks of classroom data from a much larger ethnographic study, Kirkland examines the reading ideologies influencing the literacy engagement of a young Black male, Derrick. (To protect participants identities,… Continue Reading Books Like Clothes: Engaging Young Black Men With Reading
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Orienting African American Male Adolescents toward Meaningful Literacy Exchanges with Texts
Tatum, A. W. (2014). Orienting African American Male Adolescents toward Meaningful Literacy Exchanges with Texts.Journal of Education, 194(1), 35. Drawing from a sociohistorical understanding of the roles of texts for African American males and data from a recent survey of teens’ meaningful experiences with texts, the author provides a general understanding… Continue Reading Orienting African American Male Adolescents toward Meaningful Literacy Exchanges with Texts