Male Educators Implementing Instructional Practices That Academically Engage Students

Author

Kenneth B. BenebyFollow

Date of Award

Spring 7-15-2019

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Department

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice

Advisor

Ashley Russom, EdD

Committee Member

Rande Matteson, PhD

Keywords

teacher, methodology, African American male educators, pedagogy, engagement, differentiated instruction

Abstract

Male Educators Implementing Instructional Practices That Academically Engage Students. Kenneth Bernard Beneby, 2019. Applied Dissertation, Nova Southeastern University, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice. Keywords: teacher, African American male teachers, academic engagement, secondary teaching profession, pedagogies, African American male students

This phenomenological research explored how a selected group of African American male educators understood their own experiences while implementing strategies to academically engage African American male students. The research explored the public secondary education experiences of African American male educators to better understand their occupational understandings; how having more African American educators were helpful in improving the academic engagement of African American male students; what strategies and teaching pedagogies did African American educators use to academically engage African American male students; and what role did race and/or gender play in the academically engaging African American male students.

Data was obtained from at least 10 African American male secondary educators by using an in-depth interview structure with 12 open-ended questions that lasted 50-90 minutes. The results, findings, and conclusion of this study revealed that the recommendations and experiences of African American male educators contributed to developing literature and improve the diversity of the education profession and enhance the academic performance of African American male students.

NSUWorks Citation

Kenneth B. Beneby. 2019. Male Educators Implementing Instructional Practices That Academically Engage Students. Doctoral dissertation. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice. (474)
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_etd/474.