Serving African American Students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution: Black Centered Active Instruction as a Pedagogical Practice
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https://doi.org/10.32674/jump.v8i1.5338Keywords:
High Impact Learning Practices, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, African American Students, Interdisciplinary Studies, Pedagogy, Black StudiesAbstract
From a critical race perspective and the narrative view of one faculty member, this paper discusses some teaching practices implemented for undergraduate Black students who attend a Hispanic-serving institution. The findings of this work offer Black-Centered Active Instruction (BCAI) as a pedagogy to engage the students. BCAI centers the specific needs of Black students who are within the minority, pushes for active engagement with Black students both in and out of the classroom, and encourages the creation of safe Black spaces for undergraduate students. The implication of this work encourages educators to consider the history of antiblackness within American culture, primarily minority spaces, and apply this to similar practices in higher education.
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