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Literacy and advocacy in adolescent family, gang, school, and juvenile court communities : "Crip 4 Life" /
The goal of this book is to encourage educators and researchers to understand the complexities of adolescent gang members' lives to rethink their assumptions about these students in school. The objective is to situate four gang members as literate, caring students from loving families whose ide...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Mahwah, N.J. :
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The goal of this book is to encourage educators and researchers to understand the complexities of adolescent gang members' lives to rethink their assumptions about these students in school. The objective is to situate four gang members as literate, caring students from loving families whose identities and literacy keep them on the margins of school. The research described in this book suggests that advocacy is a particularly effective form of critical ethnography. Smith and Whitmore argue that until schools, as communities of practice, enable children and adolescents to retain identities from the communities in which they are full community members, frightening numbers of students are destined to fail. The stories of four Mexican American male adolescents, who were active members of a gang and Smith's students in an alternative high school program, portray the complicated, multiple worlds in which these boys live. Readers will find this book engaging and readable, thought provoking and challenging. Audiences for this volume include education researchers, professionals, students in the areas of middle/high school education, at-risk adolescent psychology, and alternative community programs--specifically those interested in literacy education, sociocultural theory, and popular culture. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 203 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197), and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781410617439 1410617432 |