Black Children: Their Roots, Culture, and Learning Styles

Author: Janice E. Hale-Benson
ISBN: 0801833833

Contemporary black Americans, Hale-Benson states, continue to participate in a cultural heritage derived from West African roots. As black children are acculturated at home and in the black community, they develop cognitive patterns and behaviors that can prove to be incompatible with the school environment. Cultural factors produce group differences, and they must be addressed in the educational process. Hale-Benson makes these points based on her own research as well as on an extensive review of the literature in many fields. In the new epilogue, she incorporates recent scholarship and updates her analysis.

Publisher: Brigham Young University Press
Publish Date: 1982

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This book is available in the following Community Centers: Black Resource Center (Location: 2b)