1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480242003321

Autore

Conchas Gilberto Q.

Titolo

Small schools and urban youth : using the power of school culture to engage students / / Gilberto Q. Conchas, Louie F. Rodriguez ; foreword by Hugh "Bud" Mehan ; acquisitions editor Elizabeth Brenkus ; cover designer Lisa Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4522-9742-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Disciplina

370.91732

Soggetti

Education, Urban - California - Oakland

Education, Urban - Massachusetts - Boston

Education, Secondary - California - Oakland

Education, Secondary - Massachusetts - Boston

Small schools - California - Oakland

Small schools - Massachusetts - Boston

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Purpose of the Book""; ""Comparative Research Design""; ""Organization of the Book""; ""Who this Book is For""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 - Digging Beneath the Layers of School Reform: Size, Culture, and Personalization""; ""Chapter 2 - California Career Academies: How Structure and Culture Create Optimism Among Low-Income Urban Youth""; ""Chapter 3 - Structuring Competition and Teamwork: Reproducing the Status Quo and Challenging Inequality Side by Side""

""Chapter 4 - The Case of Boston: How Small Schools Forge Academic and Relational Possibilities in the Urban Context""""Chapter 5 - Beneath School Structure: How School Culture Shapes Relational and Academic Engagement of Urban High School Students in Boston""; ""Chapter 6 - Beyond School Size: Toward a Critical Understanding of School



Culture""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This sociological study examines small learning communities and small schools in two major urban cities and highlights the relationship between school culture, personalization, and student engagement.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISOBSOB000000364

Autore

Lacoppola, Giovanni

Titolo

1 / Giovanni Lacoppola

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Modena, : Centro Programmazione Editoriale, 1985

Descrizione fisica

282 p. ; 22 cm.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia