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Reconstructing ʻdrop-outʼ : a critical ethnography of the dynamics of Black students' disengagement from school /

"Based on a three-year study in the greater Toronto area, Reconstructing 'Drop-out' establishes a new frame of reference for understanding the drop-out dilemma. It is a call for social action and transformation that should not be ignored by researchers, teachers, administrators, and t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dei, George J. Sefa (George Jerry Sefa), 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1997.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • One: Introduction
  • Two: Research Methodology
  • Three: The Social Construction of a 'Drop-out': Dispelling the Myth
  • Four: Understanding Student Disengagement
  • Five: Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender
  • Six: Authority, Power, and Respect
  • Seven: Streaming and Teacher Expectations: Social Change or Reproduction?
  • Eight: Curriculum: Content and Connection
  • Nine: Framing Issues of Identity and Representation
  • Ten: The Colour of Knowledge: Confronting Eurocentrism
  • Eleven: Family, Community, and SocietyTwelve: Visions of Educational and Social Change
  • Thirteen: The Missing Link
  • APPENDICES
  • REFERENCES
  • AUTHOR INDEX