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Tough Fronts : the Impact of Street Culture on Schooling.
Tough Fronts takes the difficult issues in urban education head on by putting street-savvy students at the forefront of the discussion on how to best make successful changes for inner city schools. Individual chapters discuss scholarly depictions of black America, the social complexity of the teache...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- TOUGH FRONTS THE IMPACT OF STREET CULTURE ON SCHOOLING; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments: ""Props""; Preface; Introduction: A Study of Street-Savvy Students; part I. ""Expert"" Points of View; One: There Are No Agents Here: Scholarly Depictions of Black Americans; Two: Postures Forged by Social Marginalization; part II. The Perspectives of Street-Savvy Students; Three: On Being ""Hardcore, "" a ""Hardcore Wannabe, "" or ""Hardcore Enough""; Four: Social Capital, Cultural Capital, and Caring Teachers: The Perspectives of Street-Sawy Students and a Magic Teacher.
- Five: Malcolm: 24/7/365part III. Solutions, Broader Implications, and Policy Suggestions; Six: Shadows, Mentors, and Surrogate Fathers; Seven: Fear of the Dark: The Vilification of Urban Students; Eight: Policy Implications for Individuals in Positions of Influence; Appendix: A Brief Review of Selected Literature: Effective Schools and Critical Theory; Notes; Glossary of Social Scientific Terms and Concepts; References; Index.