Keepin' it real : school success beyond black and white / / Prudence L. Carter

• Autore: Carter Prudence L
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (182 pages)
• Disciplina: 371.829
• Soggetto topico: Multicultural education - United States; African American students - Ethnic identity; Hispanic American students - Ethnic identity; Academic achievement - Social aspects - United States
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-212) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; INTRODUCTION Minding the Gap: Race, Ethnicity, Achievement, and Cultural Meaning; 1 Beyond Belief: Mainstreamers, Straddlers, and Noncompliant Believers; 2 "Black" Cultural Capital and the Conflicts of Schooling; 3 Between a "Soft" and a "Hard" Place: Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture in the School and at Home; 4 Next-Door Neighbors: The Intersection of Gender and Pan-Minority Identity; 5 New "Heads" and Multicultural Navigators: Race, Ethnicity, Poverty, and Social Capital; 6 School Success Has No Color; Appendix; Notes ; Bibliography INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Keepin' It Real refutes the common wisdom about teenage behavior and racial difference, and shows how intercultural communication, rather than assimilation, can help close the black-white achievement gap.
• Altri titoli varianti: Keeping it real
• Titolo autorizzato: Keepin' it real
• ISBN: 0-19-774321-8; 0-19-988338-6; 0-19-532523-0; 0-19-803770-8; 1-280-53428-1; 1-60256-802-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818977203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Transgressing boundaries.