Strategies for teaching African Americans
To provide an optimal learning environment for African American
students, take into consideration the following:
- Do not ask for personal information from a student until you have developed a relationship of trust. Otherwise, the student may view it as intrusive.
- Engage students in participatory learning, such as dramatic role play.
- Relate learning situations to humans and to the lives of the students.
- Display flexibility in the context of a structured learning environment.
- Engage students in informal, conversational settings.
- Provide students with opportunities to think out loud and work in small groups.
- Present materials in an auditory fashion, such as through music, rhymes, and chants.
