K-16 and Beyond: African American Male Student Engagement in STEM Disciplines

In the Foreword of Carol D. Lee‘s (2007) book Culture, Literacy, and Learning: Taking Bloom in the Midst of the Whirlwind, Linda Darling-Hammond writes: ―[This book] names, vividly and with a resonant truth, how it is that the intelligence we know resides in African American youth—indeed, in all youth—gets missed, and how it can be uncovered and cultivated‖ (p. xvii). Building on the ideals expressed in this quote, this special issue of The Journal of African American Males in Education (JAAME) explores the intelligent ―everyday ‖ practices that African American male students from elementary through doctoral study bring to
the classroom and how these relate generatively to learning and thinking in STEM, specifically in science and mathematics.

Article obtained from JAAME – Journal of African American Males in Education http://journalofafricanamericanmales.com/

Written by Brian L. Wright, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at TERC