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Perception Vs. Reality
March 10, 2017
We are, essentially, stealing from children when they are forced to train for the future instead of allowing them to play in the now. Trust in play.
-Suzanne Axelsson
-Suzanne Axelsson
"The narrative held about Black boys and men is often couched with negative and deficit language, using descriptions such as violent, oppositional, and disruptive. However, this narrative can’t be true when we see many gifted and successful Black men who are educators, actors, athletes, musicians, artists, engineers, and lawyers, including the former president of the United States, Barack Obama." This according to researcher Iheoma Iruka in the new feature in each issue of Exchange magazine, Bridging Research and Practice.
"These successful men probably displayed a potential for greatness that was fostered in the early years. Because of this, there is a need to provide empirical evidence of the giftedness of Black males and boys, especially in the early years, and to challenge the discourse that says many Black children, especially boys, are not academically inclined and are socially deficient." To add to the body of evidence, Iruka investigated cognitive and socio-emotional development of a group of Black boys as reported by teachers as they transitioned from preschool to kindergarten.
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Displaying All 2 Commentsthe grand child care center
chicago, IL, United States
I read the whole article. Interesting . My thought( or suggestion ) : how many white people have visited / stayed / at black people's home? I say this because I m from India ,we r Hindu ( vegetarian ) I do have a lots of good American white friends that I go to their home . Whenever they visit me , they all are surprise how we Indian people have different life style! And I m here for 40 years! I n a successful day care center director & owner ! During the time of my center's accreditation -10 years ago- our mentor would say the same thing after visiting my center every month for whole year ! So, my point is: to make any positive change one must start from the home. I notice this in my recent trip to India where people visit other people without formal phone call .. and you see the reality .
My day care is in a low income neighborhood . I really want to creat positive difference in these people's lives but I know it's difficult .
Geeta Bhatt, Greand Child Care Center, Chicago
CSBC
Denver, CO, United States
This reminds me of the time I interviewed George Brantley, the African American head of the Hope Center for Gifted Children (for one of my books). His center was designed to challenge the notion that young Black children are not gifted. However, he was surprised to discover that not only did the local schools and community accept the negative view about young black children, but so did most parents. However, these same parents and community totally accepted the idea that their children might be deficient and require special education services.
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