Black American students in an affluent suburb : a study of academic disengagement / / John U. Ogbu

• Autore: Ogbu John U
• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.829/96/073
• Soggetto topico: African Americans - Education - Social aspects; Academic achievement - United States; Educational equalization - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment and Dedication; Introduction; I: Black Academic Achievement and Its Explanations; 1 Black-White Academic Achievement Gap; 2 Academic Disengagement in Shaker Heights; 3 Explaining the Academic Gap; Conventional and Alternative Explanations; II: Societal and School Factors; 4 Race Relations; 5 Pygmalion in History, Society, and School; 6 Leveling; 7 Counselors, Teachers, and Discipline; III: Community Forces; 8 Opportunity Structure: Schooling and Getting Ahead; 9 Collective Identity, Culture, and Language; 10 Peer Pressures ; 11 The Family12 Community Forces and Academic Disengagement: A Summary of Findings; 13 Policy Implications; References; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: John Ogbu has studied minority education from a comparative perspective for over 30 years. The study reported in this book--jointly sponsored by the community and the school district in Shaker Heights, Ohio--focuses on the academic performance of Black American students. Not only do these students perform less well than White students at every social class level, but also less well than immigrant minority students, including Black immigrant students. Furthermore, both middle-class Black students in suburban school districts, as well as poor Black students in inner-city schools are not doing we
• Titolo autorizzato: Black American students in an affluent suburb
• ISBN: 1-135-62553-0; 1-135-62554-9; 1-282-37439-7; 9786612374395; 1-4106-0718-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821305903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education.