![]() Each of six chapters includes a list of suggested questions, exercises, and projects. ![]() Parents are the first and primary educators, and the parent-child relationship is the key to supplemental nurturance and high expectations. Developing self-discipline requires adult consistency and positive reinforcement of good behavior. : Developing Positive Self-Images & Discipline in Black Children (9780913543016) by Kunjufu, Dr. An effective curriculum must acknowledge that African American children have a higher verve, are relational in their thought processes, and are more oral in cognition than Whites. The following are major hindrances to the education of African American children: (1) the banking approach (2) the certainty principle (3) grades (4) rote learning and (5) the word approach to reading. The following institutions should strive to emphasize African images that are instrumental in developing self-esteem in African American children: (1) the home (2) the peer group (3) television (4) the school and (5) the church. The following factors have had a negative influence on their development: (1) chronic unemployment and underemployment (2) the changing concept of childhood (3) elitism (4) low expectations (5) lack of commitment to educating all children and (6) misuse of achievement tests to label and place students. Developing positive self-images and self-discipline is a prerequisite for the effective education of African American children. ![]()
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