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A Culturally Meaningful Imperative: How An African American Male Culturally Responsive Instructional Leader Allowed Spirituality to Have The Last Word
Abstract
An autoethnographic approach was employed to examine my journey as an African American son, brother, husband, and friend transformed into a culturally responsive instructional leader. I also examined the lived experiences and perspectives of two groups of people. The five associates I interviewed are African American males and females and past and/or present acquaintances of the researcher. The three colleagues I interviewed are African American male culturally responsive instructional leaders like the researcher. The objective of this study was to gain a better understanding of the lived experiences of the eight participants and how those experiences relate to my lived experiences as an African American associate and colleague inside and outside the K-12 public education context.
Data from the study included reflexive journaling and interviews and were analyzed via audio/video recording. Transcriptions from the recordings were analyzed to tease out recurring and emergent themes. The study confirmed that (a) these eight African American males and females became leaders because they emulated members of their sphere of influence, (b) these eight African American males and females used challenges as opportunities in their chosen field of endeavor, at times relying upon spirituality to overcome and achieve, and (c) the characteristics that confirm these eight African American males and females as leaders are culturally driven. I explored my battles and struggles, as well as the battles and struggles of the associates and colleagues, to confirm and affirm our collective thoughts, feelings, and experiences inside and outside of the K-12 public education experience. My goal was to advocate for the implementation of culturally responsive praxis in K-12 public education contexts to affirm marginalized students who have been underserved historically in schools.
Subject
autoethnographyculturally responsive instructional leadership
associate
colleague
marginalized
spirituality
public education
opportunites
overcome
Citation
Young, Brian Anthony (2022). A Culturally Meaningful Imperative: How An African American Male Culturally Responsive Instructional Leader Allowed Spirituality to Have The Last Word. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /198757.