Academically Gifted African American Male College Students
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Academically Gifted African American Male College Students
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Get to Know Us. What are the perceptions of academically gifted African American males attending historically Black colleges or universities and academically gifted African American males attending traditionally White institutions concerning their relationships with their respective institutions in cultivating their academic giftedness? He then proceeds to answer his question using the perceptions of two undergraduate students—one from each type of institution. The major portion of this book is a detailed report on a qualitative study Bonner conducted for use in his dissertation, The Cultivation of Academic Giftedness in the Historically Black College and University and the Traditional White Institution: He actually collected data from the two primary subjects and two friends of each of them, along with several teachers and administrators who knew the primary subjects.
In the introduction he adequately defends the use [End Page ] of data more than 10 years old by describing the lack of change in the conditions and relative numbers of gifted African American male undergraduates.
He sets up this study nicely in the first 3 chapters. In chapter 1, he provides a brief history of giftedness in higher education and synopses of the research of pioneers who studied this phenomenon. Chapter 2 establishes the background that accounts for the dearth of gifted African American males identified as gifted in K education as well as postsecondary education.
In chapter 3, Bonner describes six factors he has found to be significant to the experiences of gifted African American males in postsecondary education: These factors form the framework for his interviews of the subjects in his study. Chapter 4 describes the study that produced the information contained in the next section of the book and the visits to the campuses where his two primary subjects were in school. He found four noteworthy differences in their relations with faculty, the influence and support from family, self-perception, and institutional environment.
Topics Libraries Unlimited Librarianship: Their stores add to the rich tapestry of the Black male experience in higher education. What are the perceptions of academically gifted African American males attending historically Black colleges or universities and academically gifted African American males attending traditionally White institutions concerning their relationships with their respective institutions in cultivating their academic giftedness? In presenting, comparing, and contrasting these two cases, the book identifies a number of personal characteristics and institutional approaches driving their notable achievements. The first-ever study of African American giftedness at the collegiate level, focusing on two extraordinary case studies. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Thus, it provides a unique examination of the state of gifted Black males in higher education and should be read by everyone who works with college students.