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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785887203321

Autore

Dye Angela

Titolo

Empowerment starts here [[electronic resource] ] : the seven principles to empowering urban youth / / Angela Dye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2012

ISBN

9786613896971

1-283-58452-2

1-61048-583-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Classificazione

EDU009000

Disciplina

370.91732

Soggetti

Education, Urban - United States

Education, Urban - Social aspects - United States

Children with social disabilities - Education - Social aspects - United States

Academic achievement - United States

Educational change - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Empowerment Framework and Definitions; Key for Acronyms, Principles, and Program Names; Foreword; Prologue: The Mission to Empower; Chapter One: The Construct of Empowerment; Chapter Two: The Power of Project-Based Learning; Chapter Three: Service Learning and Empowerment; Chapter Four: Additional Programming; Chapter Five: The Power of Direct Instruction; Chapter Six: Assessments; Chapter Seven: Accountability; Chapter Eight: The Politics of Empowerment; Chapter Nine: The Results of Empowerment; Epilogue: A Charge to Urban Educators; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span><span>This book provides insight on how educators can increase the efficacy and achievement of urban youth. Angela Dye shares instructional methodologies and stories to help the reader develop an intimate understanding of the empowerment principles in action. Through these principles and methods, individuals can increase their capacity to combat the psychological, social, and political challenges associated with student achievement and real school reform.



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