A Phenomenological Case Study of the Experiences of African American High School Students

Edna Theresa West

SAGE Open, 2013, vol. 3, issue 2, 2158244013486788

Abstract: In a progression of scholarly research on the achievement gap, the results remain the same. The data show that there is a statistically significant difference in the achievement of African American and Hispanic students compared with their Caucasian and Asian academic counterparts. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe the implications of the gap in achievement for young urban adults. The participants were five African American students who had dropped out of traditional school. These students described their academic decline through interviews and focus group sessions at two alternative educational sites. The data were collected and the results indicated that the students felt disconnected from their teachers and the process of education. As a result of this disconnection, they became adrift in the educational system and were eventually swallowed by the undertow.

Keywords: social sciences; education; curriculum; literacy; sociology; sociology of race and ethnicity; political science; politics and social sciences; urban politics; sociology of education; psychology; experimental psychology; social psychology; sociological theory; cultural studies; academics; achievement; attendance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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