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
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Conchas Gilberto Q.
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| 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
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| Pubblicazione: | Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2008 |
| ©2008 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 370.91732 |
| Soggetto topico: | Education, Urban - California - Oakland |
| Education, Urban - Massachusetts - Boston | |
| Education, Secondary - California - Oakland | |
| Education, Secondary - Massachusetts - Boston | |
| Small schools - California - Oakland | |
| Small schools - Massachusetts - Boston | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | RodriguezLouie F. |
| MehanHugh | |
| BrenkusElizabeth | |
| MillerLisa | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Small schools and urban youth |
| ISBN: | 1-4522-9742-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797461703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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