The Value of Education between Two African American Male Populations in a Rural Southern Community

Autor/inn/en	Tyler, Quentin R.; Vincent, Stacy K.; Monroe, Tiffany C.
Titel	The Value of Education between Two African American Male Populations in a Rural Southern Community
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Technical Careers, 5 (2021) 1, S.47-65 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2578-2118
Schlagwörter	African American Students; Males; Rural Areas; Educational Attitudes; High School Students; Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education; College Bound Students; Low Achievement; Kentucky + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Sekundarbereich; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung
Abstract	This study identified perceptions of education by low performing and college track African American males in a rural town in Southern Kentucky. Through the lens of Critical Race Theory and Symbolic Interactionism, the researchers explored how 16 young men value a secondary and postsecondary education. Selected by their administrator at two high schools, the males were identified as college track or low performing. The findings revealed that both groups identify racial relations as a barrier to educational achievement; however, college track males believed education would assist in overcoming racial divides. Additional findings highlight a difference in perception based upon the presence of a male role model, the home environment, and the felt need for survival. Based on the findings, recommendations include model programs and collaborations among societal groups within the young age; a need for male social programs that foster and encourage positivity throughout a young male's life; and the need for local resources to assist and encourage young African American males to pursue a postsecondary education. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	UNLV Department of Teaching and Learning. 4505 South Maryland Parkway PO Box 3005, Las Vegas, NV 89154. e-mail: jrtc@unlv.edu; Web site: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jrtc/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01