ERIC Number: EJ1030412
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 16
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Apprehension to Engagement in the Classroom: Perceptions of Black Males in the Community College
Wood, J. Luke
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v27 n6 p785-800 2014
This study presents selected findings drawn from a larger investigation of Black male students in the community college. In the larger study, qualitative interviews were conducted with 28 Black males attending a public two-year college in the southwestern United States. The focus of the larger study was on identifying factors which, from the perspectives of students, affected their academic success. Academic success referred primarily to students' grade point averages or achievement and secondarily to continuation towards students' self-proclaimed collegiate goals. A large portion of Black male participants in this study indicated that academic disengagement served to negatively affect their achievement in the community college. Students discussed academic disengagement as a reluctance to fully engage as active agents in their own academic development through necessary interactions.
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Community Colleges, Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Semi Structured Interviews, Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Extraversion Introversion, Stereotypes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Two Year Colleges; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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