Working-class minority students' routes to higher education / / Roberta Espinoza

• Autore: Espinoza Roberta
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (163 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.1/9820973
• Soggetto topico: Minorities - Education (Higher) - United States; Working class - Education (Higher) - United States; Universities and colleges - United States - Admission; Educational equalization - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-143) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Working-Class Minority Students' Routes to Higher Education; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical Foundation: Educational Social and Cultural Capital; 3 Pivotal Moments that Produce Habitus Change; 4 Educational Outcomes of a Hybrid Working-/Middle-Class Habitus; 5 The Transformative Power of Educators; 6 Educator-Student Relationships that Shape College Aspirations and Academic Success; 7 Conclusion; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "While stories of working-class and minority students overcoming obstacles to attend and graduate from college tend to emphasize the individualistic and meritocratic aspect, this book - based in extensive empirical study of American high school classrooms, and in theories of social and cultural capital - examines the social relations that often underpin such successes, highlighting the significant formal and informal academic interventions by educators and other education professionals"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Working-class minority students' routes to higher education
• ISBN: 1-283-64280-8; 0-203-10576-1; 1-136-25507-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461917203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Research in Education