Black Boys and Policing: Rethinking the Community Helpers Curriculum

Autor/in	Wright, Brian L.
Titel	Black Boys and Policing: Rethinking the Community Helpers Curriculum
Quelle	In: Learning Professional, 42 (2021) 3, S.26-29 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0276-928X
Schlagwörter	African American Students; Males; Police; Police School Relationship; Curriculum Development; Primary Education; Trauma; Educational Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Primarbereich; Bildungsreform
Abstract	It is a tragic irony that George Floyd Jr., once a brilliant Black boy with dreams to serve on the highest court in the U.S., would grow up to be murdered by a white law enforcement officer who pressed his knee needlessly against Floyd's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. What did young George Floyd learn about the justice system? What do young Black boys today learn in school about their relationship to the police and courts? The way educators frame the justice system and Black boys' relationships to it matter. But too often, educators are unaware of the messages they send, even in the earliest years of school. In this article, Brian Wright considers and challenges a familiar curriculum unit that introduces children in the early grades (pre-K-3) to "community helpers." Standard early childhood education social studies curricula are organized by thematic units that might include family, nature, and typically, community helpers, usually defined as anyone who works to help the community. The overall aim of the unit is to expose young children to how they can be active, responsible, and conscientious members of their community. Altering the community helpers unit in the early childhood curriculum is a start toward honoring Black boys' potential. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01