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Teachers as mentors : models for promoting achievement with disadvantaged and underrepresented students by creating community /

The book describes two similar and successful models of youth mentoring used by two acclaimed urban high schools that have consistently achieved exceptional graduation rates. Providing a detailed description of their methods - based upon extensive observation, and interviews with teachers, students,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ayalon, Aram, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., ©2011.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The book describes two similar and successful models of youth mentoring used by two acclaimed urban high schools that have consistently achieved exceptional graduation rates. Providing a detailed description of their methods - based upon extensive observation, and interviews with teachers, students, administrators, and parents - this book makes a major contribution to the debate on how to reduce the achievement gap. Using similar teacher-as-youth mentor and youth advising models, these two inner city schools - Fenway High School in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Kedma School in Jerusalem - hav.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 152 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144) and index.
ISBN:9781579226077
1579226078