Black American students in an affluent suburb : a study of academic disengagement /

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The study reported in this book focuses on the academic performance of Black American students. Not only do these students perform less well than White students at every social class level, but also less well than immigrant minority students, including Black immigrant students.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ogbu, John U.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003.
Colección:Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education.
Temas:
African Americans > Education > Social aspects.
Academic achievement > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
Noirs américains > Éducation > Aspect social.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Students & Student Life.
Academic achievement.
Educational equalization.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Black Academic Achievement and Its Explanations
  • Black-White Academic Achievement Gap
  • Academic Disengagement in Shaker Heights
  • Explaining the Academic Gap; Conventional and Alternative Explanations
  • Societal and School Factors
  • Race Relations
  • Pygmalion in History, Society, and School
  • Leveling
  • Counselors, Teachers, and Discipline
  • Community Forces
  • Opportunity Structure: Schooling and Getting Ahead
  • Collective Identity, Culture, and Language
  • Peer Pressures
  • The Family
  • Community Forces and Academic Disengagement: A Summary of Findings
  • Policy Implications.

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