Chapter 22: Curricular Leadership Courses and Assessments Centering Black College Men

Teaching and learning are interconnected practices. In college environments, teaching is often seen and observed as a process which is co-constructed by the instructor and the students (Coleman, 2007). Freire (1993) calls attention to the roles of instructors or teachers and students by sharing, “teachers and students (leadership and people), co-intent on reality, are both Subjects, not only in the task of unveiling that reality, and thereby coming to know it critically, but in the task of re-creating that knowledge” (p 51). As such, the relationship between student and instructor must be developed to establish a connection between both parties and is central to constructing leadership courses for Black men. This chapter focuses on the importance of course creation, instruction, and pedagogy for Black men leadership development in academic spaces. The structure of the course is the foundation of this process and is central to effectively designing a course for Black men’s leadership learning.