Afrocentric Education

Afrocentric education is a pedagogical approach that aims to empower people of African descent by teaching in ways that reflect their own cultural context and values, rather than assuming that one approach to education serves every cultural group equally well. Its proponents hold that many people of African descent have had their sense of themselves limited by being taught ideas that did not come from or serve their own culture, and that mainstream education has often left out or downplayed African contributions to civilization and knowledge. On this view, curriculum and teaching methods built specifically around African and African American learners and history are needed for authentic learning and for students to see themselves reflected in what they are taught. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/