The United Nation’s International Decade for People of African Descent and Nova Scotia’s Ministry of African Nova Scotian Affairs recognize that students of African descent continue to experience inequities. As previous studies indicate, parents of Black learners identified that many educators lack knowledge and experience in understanding students of African descent.This study explored student achievement from the perspective of parents of children of African descent attending public schools in Nova Scotia. Participants included individual interviews and focus groups with parents from rural and urban areas. Based on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory framework, a thematic analysis of the data was conducted, a dominant storyline related to ...
Attainment statistics spanning more than three decades have indicated continuing high levels of unde...
There has been forty years of research on African Caribbean underachievement yet African Caribbeans ...
This dissertation examined experiences of alienation among Black African youth in Waterloo region sc...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine how parents of African descent understand the Af...
The miseducation of Black students attending Toronto metropolitan secondary schools, as evinced by p...
ABSTRACT. This paper examines the call for "African-centred " schools in Ontario, and iden...
grantor: University of TorontoThis dissertation is an exploratory study of minority Africa...
The South African Schools Act of 1996 (SASA) provides formal power in education to parents as well a...
ABSTRACT. This paper examines the call for "African-centred" schools in Ontario, and ident...
The goals for public schools are to educate all students so that they may attend colleges and/or dev...
Studies about North African immigrants background reveal their school experience is often characteri...
Researchers have demonstrated that children who attend early childhood education programs benefit ac...
The relationship between families and schools, and the importance of parents and families to a child...
This article presents the results of a parent engagement project called “Mentoring Circles.” The pro...
This qualitative ethnography case study examined perceptions of African immigrant families as it rel...
Attainment statistics spanning more than three decades have indicated continuing high levels of unde...
There has been forty years of research on African Caribbean underachievement yet African Caribbeans ...
This dissertation examined experiences of alienation among Black African youth in Waterloo region sc...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine how parents of African descent understand the Af...
The miseducation of Black students attending Toronto metropolitan secondary schools, as evinced by p...
ABSTRACT. This paper examines the call for "African-centred " schools in Ontario, and iden...
grantor: University of TorontoThis dissertation is an exploratory study of minority Africa...
The South African Schools Act of 1996 (SASA) provides formal power in education to parents as well a...
ABSTRACT. This paper examines the call for "African-centred" schools in Ontario, and ident...
The goals for public schools are to educate all students so that they may attend colleges and/or dev...
Studies about North African immigrants background reveal their school experience is often characteri...
Researchers have demonstrated that children who attend early childhood education programs benefit ac...
The relationship between families and schools, and the importance of parents and families to a child...
This article presents the results of a parent engagement project called “Mentoring Circles.” The pro...
This qualitative ethnography case study examined perceptions of African immigrant families as it rel...
Attainment statistics spanning more than three decades have indicated continuing high levels of unde...
There has been forty years of research on African Caribbean underachievement yet African Caribbeans ...
This dissertation examined experiences of alienation among Black African youth in Waterloo region sc...