Schooling the next generation : creating success in urban elementary schools /

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In Schooling the Next Generation, Dan Zuberi documents the challenges facing ten East Vancouver elementary schools in diverse lower-income communities, as well as the ways their principals, teachers, and parents are overcoming these challenges.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zuberi, Dan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Education, Urban > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Urban schools > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Academic achievement > British Columbia > Vancouver > Case studies.
Children of minorities > Education (Elementary) > British Columbia > Vancouver > Case studies.
Poor children > Education (Elementary) > British Columbia > Vancouver > Case studies.
Enseignement en milieu urbain > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver.
Écoles urbaines > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver.
Enfants issus des minorités > Enseignement primaire > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Études de cas.
Enfants pauvres > Enseignement primaire > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Études de cas.
EDUCATION > Elementary.
EDUCATION > General.
Poor children > Education (Elementary)
Children of minorities > Education (Elementary)
Academic achievement.
Education, Urban.
Urban schools.
British Columbia > Vancouver.
Case studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : urban education in a globalizing world
  • 2. Diversity in the classroom : opportunities and challenges
  • 3. Coping with challenging students
  • 4. Engaging parents and the community
  • 5. Addressing needs and supporting resiliency : programs that matter
  • 6. Standardized testing : here to stay?
  • 7. Conclusion : improving early literacy and numeracy skills acquisition in urban schools in low-income neighbourhoods
  • Methodology appendix : sitting in the classroom : determining school success.

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