Overcoming the odds : raising academically successful African American young women /

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Despite many obstacles, some African-American women are performing at exceptional levels academically. This interview-based book provides information about how and why they have succeeded - what motivates these women and how their backgrounds and family relationships have shaped them.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hrabowski, Freeman A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Temas:
Academic achievement > United States.
African American women > Education.
African American women > Family relationships.
Education > Parent participation > United States.
Noires américaines > Éducation.
Noires américaines > Relations familiales.
Éducation > Participation des parents > États-Unis.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Children with Special Needs.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Learning Disabilities.
Academic achievement
African American women > Education
Education > Parent participation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Successful African American young women and their families
  • 2. Mothers of academically successful daughters : the mothers' voices
  • 3. Fathers of academically successful daughters : the fathers' voices
  • 4. A diversity of family contexts : the daughters' voices
  • 5. Parenting and educating for success in math and science : early childhood through college
  • 6. Becoming a black woman : a closer look at personal, cultural, and emotional challenges
  • 7. Raising successful African American young women : what we have learned.

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