1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454004503321

Autore

Theoharis Jeanne

Titolo

Our schools suck [[electronic resource] ] : students talk back to a segregated nation on the failures of urban education / / Gaston Alonso ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8147-0776-9

0-8147-8320-1

1-4416-1569-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AlonsoGaston

Disciplina

370.9173/20973

Soggetti

Education, Urban - United States

De facto school segregation - United States

Minority teenagers - Education - United States

Minority teenagers - United States - Attitudes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-274) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Culture trap: talking about young people of color and their education -- "I hate it when people treat me like a fxxx-up": phony theories, segregated schools, and the culture of aspiration among African American and Latino teenagers -- "They ain't hiring kids from my neighborhood": young men of color negotiating public schools and poor work options in New York City -- "Where youth have an actual voice": teenagers as empowered stakeholders in school reform.

Sommario/riassunto

Shares the voices of students speaking out against the failures of urban education"Our schools suck." This is how many young people of color call attention to the kind of public education they are receiving. In cities across the nation, many students are trapped in under-funded, mismanaged and unsafe schools. Yet, a number of scholars and of public figures have shifted attention away from the persistence of school segregation to lambaste the values of young people themselves. Our Schools Suck forcefully challenges this assertion by giving voice to the compelling stories of African American and Latino students who



attend under-resourced inner-city schools, where guidance counselors and AP classes are limited and security guards and metal detectors are plentiful—and grow disheartened by a public conversation that continually casts them as the problem with urban schools.By showing that young people are deeply committed to education but often critical of the kind of education they are receiving, this book highlights the dishonesty of public claims that they do not value education. Ultimately, these powerful student voices remind us of the ways we have shirked our public responsibility to create excellent schools. True school reform requires no less than a new civil rights movement, where adults join with young people to ensure an equal education for each and every student.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910397953303321

Autore

Badrī Mālik

Titolo

Abu Zayd AlBalkhi's Sustenance of the Soul : The Cognitive Behavior Therapy of A Ninth Century Physician / / Malik Badri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : International Institute of Islamic Thought, , 2013

ISBN

1-56564-503-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 72 pages)

Disciplina

297.261

Soggetti

Cognitive therapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791726503321

Titolo

Communicating prejudice [[electronic resource] /] / Michael L. Hecht, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 1998

ISBN

1-4833-2826-0

1-4522-5057-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 404 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HechtMichael L

Disciplina

303.385

Soggetti

Toleration

Prejudices

Prejudices - United States

Communication - Social aspects

Communication - Social aspects - United States

Intergroup relations

Intergroup relations - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-386) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I - Introduction; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Tolerance/Intolerance: A Multidisciplinary View of Prejudice; Chapter 3 - Layers and Holograms: A New Look at Prejudice; Part II - Spheres of Prejudice; Chapter 4 - Identifying Racist Language Linguistic Acts and Signs; Chapter 5 - Communication of Sexism; Chapter 6 - Communication of Heterosexism; Chapter 7 - Communication of Classism; Chapter 8 - Communication of Ageism; Part III - Contexts of Prejudice; Chapter 9 - Communicating Prejudice in Personal Relationships

Chapter 10 - Communicating Prejudice in OrganizationsChapter 11 - Communicating Prejudice in the Media: Upending Racial Categories in Doubles; Part IV - Personal Narratives; Chapter 12 - Abandoning the Sacred Hierarchy: Disempowering Hegemony Through Surrender to Spirit; Chapter 13 - Scenes From an Individual of Color: On Individuals and Individualism; Chapter 14 - A Contextual Statement Surrounding Three Poems of Prejudice; Chapter 15 - Blessed Are the Mysteries;



Chapter 16 - Upsetting That Delicate Balance: Reflections on Experiential Subtleties; Part V - Interventions

Chapter 17 - Personal and Interpersonal InterventionsChapter 18 - Organizational Interventions to Prejudice; Chapter 19 - Educational Interventions: The Lions Roar; Chapter 20 - Public Policy Interventions to Prejudice; Part VI - Conclusion; Chapter 21 - (In)Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

A new integrative conceptual model of prejudice - the layered perspective of cultural intolerance - is presented in the volume. This model is used to analyze the communication of prejudice in a variety of guises such as racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism and classism. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives, the first two chapters present the model and theoretical foundation for the book. Subsequent chapters examine specific foci of prejudice including personal prejudice in relationships, organizations, and the media. A series of personal narratives are also included to illustrate specific types and instances of prejudice.