Black Boys are Lit: Engaging PreK-3 Gifted and Talented Black Boys Using Multicultural Literature and Ford's Bloom-Banks Matrix

Author:   Brian L. Wright ,  Donna Y. Ford ,  James L. Moore III
Publisher:   Information Age Publishing
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9781648027475


Pages:   124
Publication Date:   30 January 2022
Format:   Paperback
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Black Boys are Lit: Engaging PreK-3 Gifted and Talented Black Boys Using Multicultural Literature and Ford's Bloom-Banks Matrix


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"This book of matrices with Black boys as the main character is designed to help gifted and talented education teachers leverage Black boys' identities to inform and shape how they plan and deliver curriculum and instruction and manage the multicultural, democratic, and culturally responsive classroom. Ford and colleagues (2005) spoke to the notion of and need for 'self-reflective instruction.' We argue that all teachers must want to and learn how to legitimize the ""everyday"" experiences that are learned and cultivated in the homes and communities of Black boys, and how these experiences shape their self-identities and contribute to agency (Wright, Counsell, & Tate 2015). We, therefore, advocate for the rethinking of literacies by repositioning White-centered texts that often reflect and represent power and privilege toward centering the brilliance of Black identities of Black children in general, Black boys in particular. Black boys (of all ages) want to and need to physically see positive images of themselves in books reflected at them. This representation, we argue, has the potential to become an example of a compelling counter-narrative to the history of the ""all-White world"" (Larrick, 1965) of children's books that only presented Black characters as ""objects of ridicule and generally inferior beings"" (Sims Bishop 2012, p. 6). When Black boys see themselves portrayed visually, textually, and realistically in children's books, vital messages of recognition, value, affirmation, and validation are conveyed. Recognition of the sociocultural contexts in which they live is celebrated. Books for and about Black boys must be rigorous, authentic, multicultural, and developmentally appropriate to allow them to synthesize what they have read, heard, and seen during literacy instruction in authentic and meaningful ways. Multicultural books must introduce children to information about the values of justice, fairness, and equity. Developmentally appropriate books should vary with and adapt to the age, experience, and interests of gifted and talented Black boys to allow them the opportunity to demonstrate critical thinking, textual analysis skills and convey conceptual knowledge. These stories must expose Black boys to culturally relevant counter stories -- stories that counteract the dominant discourse that has primarily depicted Black boys as ""at risk"" versus placed at risk; ""without hope"" versus hopeful; or ""out of control and dangerous"" (Tatum, 2005, p. 28) versus developing self-control like all other children (Wright et al., 2018)."

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Author:   Brian L. Wright ,  Donna Y. Ford ,  James L. Moore III
Publisher:   Information Age Publishing
Imprint:   Information Age Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.333kg
ISBN:  

9781648027475


ISBN 10:   1648027474
Pages:   124
Publication Date:   30 January 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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