Framing Dropouts

Author : Michelle Fine
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438402783
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Framing Dropouts written by Michelle Fine and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1991-03-05 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Â "I think this is the most important work I have read in over a decade on the sociology and politics of school dropouts. Fine combines a narrative structure with a rigorous theoretical discourse that allows the reader to both hear the voices of those involved in the dropout situation as well as to have the opportunity to reflect critically on the ideological and material forces that structure the dropout issue as a social problem. I am convinced that it will be a major influence in the field and will establish a new theoretical standard for inquiry into the area of school dropouts." -- Henry A. Giroux, Professor and Renown Scholar in Residence, Department of Educational Leadership, Miami University "As a critical ethnography, this manuscript is thoughtful, compassionate, and compelling. Fine is able to document the 'braiding' of race, class, gender in sophisticated ways and this is one of the text's greatest strengths. The link between those who 'drop out' and the restriction of critique is powerfully achieved. Fine has successfully re-presented the complexities of urban education. She should be applauded for her integration of black and feminist theorists. I believe this text is pioneering. It opens the literature on adolescents placed at risk to include contexts previously ignored. This should be required reading for all school personnel, future teachers, and those associated with educational contexts." -- Deborah P. Britzman, Department of Education, State University of New York, Binghamton "What Fine does is show us in depth the reality of the situation we often wish would just go away. We are forced to confront what pain is engendered by our public institutions and consider how we might take up the challenge to do something about it." -- Roger I. Simon, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Author : Russell W. Rumberger
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674266897
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dropping Out written by Russell W. Rumberger and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vast majority of kids in the developed world finish high school—but not in the United States. More than a million kids drop out every year, around 7,000 a day, and the numbers are rising. Dropping Out offers a comprehensive overview by one of the country’s leading experts, and provides answers to fundamental questions: Who drops out, and why? What happens to them when they do? How can we prevent at-risk kids from short-circuiting their futures? Students start disengaging long before they get to high school, and the consequences are severe—not just for individuals but for the larger society and economy. Dropouts never catch up with high school graduates on any measure. They are less likely to find work at all, and more likely to live in poverty, commit crimes, and suffer health problems. Even life expectancy for dropouts is shorter by seven years than for those who earn a diploma. Rumberger advocates targeting the most vulnerable students as far back as the early elementary grades. And he levels sharp criticism at the conventional definition of success as readiness for college. He argues that high schools must offer all students what they need to succeed in the workplace and independent adult life. A more flexible and practical definition of achievement—one in which a high school education does not simply qualify you for more school—can make school make sense to young people. And maybe keep them there.

Author : John Smyth
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820455075
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Dropping Out," Drifting Off, Being Excluded written by John Smyth and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with one of the most urgent, damaging, and complex issues affecting young lives and contemporary society in general - the escalating high school dropout rate. Though against the wishes of teachers and school administrators, young people's decision to leave school is usually made under circumstances that provide little time or space for discussion. This book provides a disturbing account of how students' voices are over-ridden - lost in the imposition of curriculum and the rush to impose testing, accountability, and management regimes on schools. 'Dropping Out', Drifting Off, Being Excluded reveals the complex stories that surround identity formation in young lives and the «interactive trouble» as young people struggle to be heard within inhospitable schools and an equally unhelpful education system.

Author : Carolyn Hondo
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791473887
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latino Dropouts in Rural America written by Carolyn Hondo and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2008-03-13 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latino high school students in rural communities talk about dropping out of school.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dropout Rates in the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michelle Fine
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807758736
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just Research in Contentious Times written by Michelle Fine and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this intensely powerful and personal new text, Michelle Fine widens the methodological imagination for students, educators, scholars, and researchers interested in crafting research with communities. Fine shares her struggles over the course of 30 years to translate research into policy and practice that can enhance the human condition and create a more just world. Animated by the presence of W.E.B. DuBois, Gloria Anzaldúa, Maxine Greene, and Audre Lorde, the book examines a wide array of critical participatory action research (PAR) projects involving school pushouts, Muslim American youth, queer youth of color, women in prison, and children navigating under-resourced schools. Throughout, Fine assists readers as they consider sensitive decisions about epistemology, ethics, politics, and methods; critical approaches to analysis and interpretation; and participatory strategies for policy development and organizing. Just Research in Contentious Times is an invaluable guide for creating successful participatory action research projects in times of inequity and uncertainty. Book Features: Reviews the theoretical and historical foundations of critical participatory research. Addresses why, how, with whom, and for whom research is designed. Offers case studies of critical PAR projects with youth of color, Muslim American youth, indigenous and refugee activists, and LGBTQ youth of color. Integrates critical race, feminist, postcolonial, and queer studies.

Author : Thomas S. Poetter
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1681237873
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Curriculum Windows written by Thomas S. Poetter and published by IAP. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curriculum Windows: What Curriculum Theorists of the 1990s Can Teach Us about Schools and Society Today is an effort by students of curriculum studies, along with their professor, to interpret and understand curriculum texts and theorists of the 1990s in contemporary terms. The authors explore how key books/authors from the curriculum field of the 1990s illuminate new possibilities forward for us as scholar educators today: How might the theories, practices, and ideas wrapped up in curriculum texts of the 1990s still resonate with us, allow us to see backward in time and forward in time – all at the same time? How might these figurative windows of insight, thought, ideas, fantasy, and fancy make us think differently about curriculum, teaching, learning, students, education, leadership, and schools? Further, how might they help us see more clearly, even perhaps put us on a path to correct the mistakes and missteps of intervening decades and of today? The chapter authors and editor revisit and interpret several of the most important works in the curriculum field of the 1990s. The book's Foreword is by renowned curriculum theorist William H. Schubert.

Author : Eve Tuck
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136813837
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Youth and School Pushout written by Eve Tuck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A theoretically and empirically rich treatise on school push-out, Urban Youth and School Pushout illustrates urban public schooling as a dialectic of humiliating ironies and dangerous dignities.

Author : George Jerry Sefa Dei
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802080608
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reconstructing 'drop-out' written by George Jerry Sefa Dei and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the narratives of Black and non-Black students, teachers, parents, and community workers, this book examines the dilemma of African-Canadian students who lose interest and leave school.

Author : Erin Horvat
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807772984
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beginner's Guide to Doing Qualitative Research written by Erin Horvat and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-26 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides theoretically grounded, real-world advice for students beginning to learn how to conduct qualitative research. Drawing on the authors extensive experience teaching qualitative methods, the text uses students questions and concerns as an organizational framework. Unlike many textbooks, this one provides students with an inside view into the most common dilemmas and challenges they will face as they start doing research. This easy-to-use book addresses the key phases of any ethnographic projectfrom beginning a project and defining its aims, to data collection, analysis, writing, and reporting results. While designed specifically for beginners, seasoned qualitative researchers will find useful insights, helpful tips, and new ways of thinking about qualitative research.