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Dye Angela |
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Titolo |
Empowerment starts here [[electronic resource] ] : the seven principles to empowering urban youth / / Angela Dye |
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Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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9786613896971 |
1-283-58452-2 |
1-61048-583-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (183 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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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 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<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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