Using culturally sensitive theories and research to meet the academic needs of low-income African American children.

Full Abstract

The economic and social barriers to the academic and social success of many African American children remain in place as the new millennium begins. These realities provide impetus for developing community-based partnership education programs designed to self-empower African American children for academic and social success under any socioeconomic conditions that exist in their lives. Progress toward effective program development, however, has been hindered by a dearth of culturally sensitive theories and research. The Research-Based Model Partnership Education Program (Model Program) is an effective, community-based, university-school-community partnership education program for self-empowering African American children for success. The formative and summative research of the Model Program is described in hopes of advancing theory and research for meeting the academic and social needs of low-income African American children.

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Author information

Author/s: Tucker, Carolyn M (CM); Herman, Keith C (KC);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Florida, P.O. Box 112250, Gainesville, FL 32611-2250, USA. cmtucker(-atsign-)ufl.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review

Journal: The American psychologist (Am Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Oct; vol 57 (issue 10) : pp 762-73

Dates: Created 2002/10/08; Completed 2002/11/12; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12369499, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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