(Ebook) Developing Positive Self-Images and Discipline in Black Children by Jawanza Kunjufu ISBN 9780910030656, 0910030650

(Ebook) Developing Positive Self-Images and Discipline in Black Children by Jawanza Kunjufu ISBN 9780910030656, 0910030650

(1) chronic unemployment and underemployment;

(2) the changing concept of childhood;

(3) elitism;

(4) low expectations;

(5) lack of commitment to educating all children;

(6) misuse of achievement tests to label and place students.

The following institutions should strive to emphasize African images that are instrumental in developing self-esteem in African American children:

(1) the home;

(2) the peer group;

(3) television;

(4) the school;

(5) the church.

The following are major hindrances to the education of African American children:

(1) the banking approach;

(2) the certainty principle;

(3) grades;

(4) rote learning;

(5) the word approach to reading.

An effective curriculum must acknowledge that African American children have a higher verve, are relational in their thought processes, and are more oral in cognition than Whites. Developing self-discipline requires adult consistency and positive reinforcement of good behavior. Parents are the first and primary educators, and the parent-child relationship is the key to supplemental nurturance and high expectations. Each of six chapters includes a list of suggested questions, exercises, and projects. A list of 88 references is appended.