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Phonics and Vocabulary Building
A Videotaped Workshop,  Module #1
By Augusta Mann


Asante, M. The Afrocentric Idea. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1987.

Asante, M. Aftican American History: A Journey of Liberation. Saddle Brook, N.J.: Peoples Publishing Group, 1995.

Boykin, A.W. "Afrocultural Expression and Its Implications For Schooling." Teaching Diverse Populations: Formulating a Knowledge Base. E. Hollins, et al. (Eds.) Albany: State University of New York, 1994.

Caine, R. and Caine, G. Making Connections: Teaching and the Human Brain. New York: Addison‑Wesley, 1994.

DeFrantz, A. "An African and African American Educational Vision." Frederickson, Y, (Ed.), Reclaiming Our Voices: Bilingual Education Critical Pedagogy and Praxis. Frederickson, K. (Ed.) Ontario, Calif.: Calffornia Association for Bilingual Education, 1995.

Delpit, L. Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classrooom. New York: The New Press, 1995.

Dixon,V. "World Views and Research Methodology." 1n King, L.; Dixon, V; Nobles, W; (Eds.) Aftican Philosophy: Assum tions and Paradigms for Research on Black Persons. Los Angeles: Fanon Center, 1976.

Floyd, Jr. Samuel A. The Power of Black Music. New York: Oxford University Press. 1995.

Foster, M. Black Teachers on Teaching. New York: The New Press, 1997.

Fry, E., et al. Me New Reading Teacher's Book of Lists. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1993. The authors note: "Syllabication rules tend to correspond with phonics instruction, but sometimes dictionary syllable boundaries of words conflicts with the rules usually taught in classroom lessons."

Harris, A. and Sipay, E.R. How to Increase Reading Ability: A Guide to Developmental and Remedial Methods. White Plains, NY: Longman, 1990. (See page 441 for description and comparisons of word lists.)

Harrison, P C. The Drama of Nommo. New York: Grove Press, 1992.

Hilliard, A. The Maroon Within Us. Baltimore: Black Classic Press, 1995.

Hilliard, A. "Teachers and Cultural Styles in a Pluralistic Society." Today: National Educational Association, 1:65-69, 1989.

Hollins, E.R. "The Marva Collins Story Revisited." The Journal of Teacher Education, 33 (1): 37-‘40, 1982.

King, J. "The Purpose of Schooling for African American Children: Including Cultural Knowledge." Teaching Diverse Populations: Formulating a Knowledge Base. I,. Hollins, et al (Eds.). Albany: State University of New York, 1994.

Ladson-Billings, G. Dreamkeepers. San Francisco: Jossey‑Bass, 1995.

Lee, C.D. "Big Picture Talkers/Words Walking Without Masters: The Instructional Implications of Ethnic Voices for an Expanded Literacy." Journal of Negro Education, 60 (No. 3) 1991, pp. 291-304.

Mahiri, J. Shooting for Excellence: Afilcan American and Youth Culture in New Century Schools. New York: National Council of Teachers of English and Teachers College Press, 1998.

Mehan, H., et al. "Ethnographic Studies of Multicultural Education in Classrooms and Schools." Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education. J. Banks and C. Banks (Eds.). New York: Macmillan, 1995.

Mlibiti, J. African Religions and Philosophy. Garden City, NX: Anchor Books, 1970.

McGuinness, D. Why Our Children Can't Read and What We Can Do About It. New York: The Free Press, 1997. (See p. 273 for a discussion of the variations of syllabication boundaries, and p. 261 for discussion of the schwa, the unaccented syllable sound.)

Miner, B. "Embracing Ebonics and Teaching Standard English: An interview with Oakland Teacher Carrie Secret." The Real Ebonics Debate: Power, Language, and the Education of African-American Children. T Perry and L. Delpit (Eds.). Boston: Beacon Press in collaboration with Rethinking Schools, 1998.

Saving America's Children: Achieving International Standards in American Schools. Portland, Ore.: National Association for Schools of Excellence, 1993.

Nobles, W, Pedagogical Considerations and Corollaries in African Centered Education. Unpublished paper, Center for Applied Cultural Studies and Educational Achievement, Department of African Studies, San Francisco State University, 1991.

Nobles, W "The Infusion of African and African-American Content: A Question of Content and Intent." Infusing African and African American Content into the Curriculum: Rrst National Conference Proceedings. A. Hilliard III, et al. (Eds.) Atlanta: Aaron Press, 1990.

Pasteur, A. and Toldson, 1. Roots of Soul: The Psychology of Black Expressiveness. Garden City NY.: Anchor Press, 1982.

Redmond, Eugene B. (Ed.) Drumvoices Revue. Department of English, Southern Illinois. University of Edwardsville. 1997-2000.

Richards, D. "African American Spirituality." African Culture: The Rhythms of Unity. M. Asante and K Asante (Eds.). New York: African World Press, 1993.

Senghor, L.S. "Black Culture." Festac. 1977.

Shujaa, M. (Ed.) Too Much Schooling, Too Little Education. Trenton, New Jersey: African World Press, 1994.

Small, C. Music, Society, Education. Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1996.

Tedla, E. Sankofa: African Thought and Education. New York: Peter Lang, 1995.

van Keulen, Jean E.; lVeddington, Gloria Toliver; and Debose, Charles E. Speech, Language, Learning and the African American Child. Allyn & Bacon, Boston, 1998

"Zudu Personal Declaration." African Intellectual Heritage: A Book of Sources. M. Asante and A. Abarry (Eds.) Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.

 


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