Students at Risk in At-Risk Schools: Improving Environments for Learning - Rilegato

Waxman, Hersholt C.; De Felix, Judith Walker

 
9780803940031: Students at Risk in At-Risk Schools: Improving Environments for Learning
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ISBN 10: 0803940033 ISBN 13: 9780803940031
Casa editrice: Corwin Pr, 1992

Sinossi

What can educational leaders and teachers do to assist at-risk students? This volume examines educators' responsibility for students who fail, the dropout issue and school reform; contributors also explore learning differences, technologies available for learning, effective classroom environments, specific methods for improving leadership, training programmes for education professionals and action plans for quality education.

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Contenuti

Foreword - Christian J Faltis
Introduction - Hersholt C Waxman
Reversing the Cycle of Educational Failure for Students in At-Risk School Environments
PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL ISSUES
Philosophical and Conceptual Issues Related to Students At Risk - Paul F Bitting, Paula A Cordiero and H Prentice Baptiste Jr
Marginality, Community, and the Responsibility of Educators for Students Who Do Not Succeed in School - Robert L Sinclair and Ward J Ghory
The Dropout Issue and School Reform - Ray Garcia and Judith Walker de Felix
PART TWO: ISSUES CONFRONTING AT-RISK STUDENTS
Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Children - Eugene E Garcia
Effective Instructional Practices and Related Policy Issues
Learning Technology Contexts for At-Risk Children - Richard T Johnson
Learning Differences Among At-Risk Minority Students - Olivia N Saracho and Cynthia Koren Gerstl
PART THREE: LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT
Leadership that Promotes Instability - Eugene E Eubanks and Ralph Parish
A Hope for At-Risk Students
Thinking Differently About Leadership Development in a Culturally Plural Society - A Reynaldo Contreras
Multicultural Teacher Education - Marilynne Boyle-Baise and Carl A Grant
A Proposal for Change
PART FOUR: EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN AT-RISK SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS
Toward a Model of Elementary Grades - Samuel C Stringfield and Nancy Yoder
Instructional Programs that Improve the Reading Comprehension of Students At Risk - Yolanda N Padron
Implementation of an Urban School-Within-A-School Approach - Daniel U Levine
Accelerated Schools for Students in At-Risk Situations - Jane McCarthy and Henry M Levin
Conclusion - Judith Walker de Felix, H Prentice Baptiste Jr and James E Anderson
Future Directons for Educating Students At Risk

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Editore
Corwin Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1992
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0803940033
ISBN 13 
9780803940031
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
292
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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