Ability profiling and school failure : one child's struggle to be seen as competent / / Kathleen M. Collins
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| Autore: |
Collins Kathleen M.
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| Titolo: |
Ability profiling and school failure : one child's struggle to be seen as competent / / Kathleen M. Collins
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 371.2/54 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ability grouping in education - United States |
| Discrimination in education - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Ability Profiling and School Failure: One Child's Struggle to Be Seen as Competent; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction: Sociocultural Perspectives on Dis/ability and Positioning; Chapter 2: The Boy Who Had Something to Say; Chapter 3: "He's What I Would Call 'out There'"; Chapter 4: "He Was Immediate. He Was Like Immediate"; Chapter 5: "Where's the Evidence?"; Chapter 6: "Jay Just Amazes Me During This, He Really Does"; Chapter 7: "It Will Be Very, Very Difficult for Him to Learn How to Function in the Class" |
| Chapter 8: "It's Like a Burst, A Burst of Fire"Chapter 9: "You Got to Hear This!"; Chapter 10: "So Who Wrote It?"; Chapter 11: "Jay, We Gotta Find You a Group"; Chapter 12: "I'm the Boy Who Likes Bugs"; Chapter 13: "Do You Think I'm Proper?"; Chapter 14: "This Ain't Easy!"; Chapter 15: "Church is Not a Game!"; Chapter 16: "I Think That's Why We Became Very Good Friends"; Chapter 17: "If You Stick Out, You Get Squashed": Ability Profiling as Response to Difference; Epilogue; Appendix: Approaches to Inquiry, Analysis, and Representation; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Ability Profiling and School Failure, Second Edition explores the social and contextual forces that shape the appearance of academic ability and disability and how these forces influence the perception of academic underachievement of minority students. At the book's core is the powerful case study of a competent fifth grader named Jay, an African American boy growing up in a predominantly white, rural community, who was excluded from participating in science and literacy discourses within his classroom community. In this new edition, researcher and teacher-ed |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ability profiling and school failure |
| ISBN: | 0-203-80253-5 |
| 1-299-16117-0 | |
| 1-136-62745-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462693503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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