African History Teachers

One course I was required to take for my Bachelor Degree in Social Science Education was African History. The problem the University had at the time was that due to a departmental dispute going on at the time, every professor in that particular department had resigned. So they went and found a doctoral candidate from another State University to teach the course. He meant well, and he was quite knowledgeable about certain areas, but I always felt he was out of his depth.

When you talk about slavery, students need to understand it is not our fault. Our ancestors did nothing wrong to be enslaved. How do you work through that when the person teaching it is the same type of person who did the enslaving? - Phyllis Yarber Hogan

I think this story is unfortunate. But I think the parents (and those like Ms. Hogan) are missing the point. Personal experience isn’t the issue. It is knowledge and interest in the subject. And a passion for teaching it. That is what I think the students are going to lose. But sometimes there is something to be gained by an outside perspective.

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African History Teachers

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