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



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Autore: Ogbu John U Visualizza persona
Titolo: Black American students in an affluent suburb : a study of academic disengagement / / John U. Ogbu Visualizza cluster
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
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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
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Serie: Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education.