Why are so many Black students prematurely leaving school? What factors can be attributed to academic achievement of Black students? Should teachers be less concerned with curriculum content and more sensitive to social and psychological needs? The authors of this volume argue that academic achievement is influenced not only by circumstances found in the individual or family or school settings, but by a whole host of factors, such as social and economic environments, the development of the self-concept, peer pressure, personal attributes such as resources, skills and motivation. The contributors come from a variety of academic disciplines and they cover the full educational cycle from early childhood to tertiary education.
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Dr. Asamen received her doctorate in educational psychology, specializing in counseling psychology. She came to Pepperdine University after five years in psychiatric research at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Brentwood and the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. Her teaching interests are in areas of research methods and data analysis. She is a licensed psychologist in California.
Preface
Afro-American Students and Academic Achievement - Joy Keiko Jamen
An Introduction
PART ONE: SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS RELATED TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Prenatal and Postnatal Influences on Cognitive Development - Kathy Sanders Phillips
Motivation in Afro-Americans - Sandra Graham
Defining Self-Concept as a Dimension of Academic Achievement for Inner City Youth - Gloria Johnson Powell
The School Learning Environment and Academic Success - Janice Hale Benson
PART TWO: FAMILY AND COMMUNITY FACTORS RELATED TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Inner City Social Dislocations and School Outcomes - Roslyn Arlin Mickelson and Stephen Samuel Smith
A Structural Interpretation
The Community and Academic Achievement - William D Parham and Thomas A Parham
The Black Family and Academic Achievement - Louis E Jenkins
Academic Success and the School Dropout - Romeria Tidwell
A Minority Perspective
PART THREE: PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT AND PROGRAMMATIC FACTORS RELATED TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Race Consciousness among African American College Students - Marcia L Hall and Walter R Allen
Stress, Well-Being and Academic Achievement in College - Shelly L Prillerman, Hector F Myers and Brian D Smedley
What Would We Do if We Loved the Students? - Edward `Chip' Anderson
