Literacy And Advocacy In Adolescent Family Gang School And Juvenile Court Communities

Author : Debra Smith,Kathryn F. Whitmore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135600549

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Literacy and Advocacy in Adolescent Family, Gang, School, and Juvenile Court Communities by Debra Smith,Kathryn F. Whitmore Pdf

The goal of this book is to encourage educators and researchers to understand the complexities of adolescent gang members' lives in order to rethink their assumptions about these students in school. The particular objective is to situate four gang members as literate, caring students from loving families whose identities and literacy keep them on the margins of school. The research described in this book suggests that advocacy is a particularly effective form of critical ethnography. Smith and Whitmore argue that until schools, as communities of practice, enable children and adolescents to retain identities from the communities in which they are full community members, frightening numbers of students are destined to fail. The stories of four Mexican American male adolescents, who were active members of a gang and Smith's students in an alternative high school program, portray the complicated, multiple worlds in which these boys live. As sons and teenage parents they live in a family community; as CRIP members they live in a gang community; as "at risk" students, drop-outs, and graduates they live in a school community, and as a result of their illegal activities they live in the juvenile court community. The authors theorize about the boys' literacy in each of their communities. Literacy is viewed as ideological, related to power, and embedded in a sociocultural context. Vivid examples of conversation, art, tagging, rap, poetry, and other language and literacy events bring the narratives to life in figures and photographs in all the chapters. Readers will find this book engaging and readable, yet thought provoking and challenging. Audiences for Literacy and Advocacy in Adolescent Family, Gang, School, and Juvenile Court Communities include education researchers, professionals, and students in the areas of middle/high school education, at-risk adolescent psychology, and alternative community programs--specifically those interested in literacy education, sociocultural theory, and popular culture.

Author : Karen D. Wood,William E. Blanton
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781606233818

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Literacy Instruction for Adolescents by Karen D. Wood,William E. Blanton Pdf

Thorough and accessible, this professional resource and text shows how the latest research in adolescent literacy can be translated into effective practice in middle and high school classrooms. Leading authorities discuss findings on the adolescent learner, addressing such essential topics as comprehension, content-area literacy, differentiated instruction, gender differences in literacy learning, and English language learners. With a focus on evidence-based methods, coverage ranges from techniques for building digital literacy and comprehension skills to strategies for flexible grouping and writing instruction. Ideal for courses in adolescent literacy, each chapter includes guiding questions, discussion questions, and classroom examples.

Author : Richard J. Meyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135240059

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Official Portraits and Unofficial Counterportraits of At Risk" Students" by Richard J. Meyer Pdf

This book chronicles 5th and 6th grade writers in a poor, culturally diverse, rural school in the southwest US coming into their voices, cultivating those voices, and using those voices in a variety of venues, beginning with the classroom community and spreading outward. The big ideas of official and unofficial portraits are presented, followed by data and facets of the theoretical construct of counterportraits in each chapter, as a response to official portraits.

Author : Richard J. Meyer,Kathryn F. Whitmore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136837906

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Reclaiming Reading by Richard J. Meyer,Kathryn F. Whitmore Pdf

Inviting teachers back to the role of reflective advocates for thoughtful reading instruction, this book presents theory and pedagogical possibilities to reclaim and build upon the knowledge base that was growing when government mandates, scripted commercial programs, and high stakes tests took over as the dominant agenda for reading instruction in U.S. public schools. Focusing on literacy learners’ and their teachers’ lives as literate souls, it examines how the teaching of reading can be reclaimed via an intensive reconsideration of five pillars as central to the teaching and learning of reading: learning, teaching, curriculum, language, and sociocultural contexts. Reclaiming Reading articulates the knowledge base that was marginalized or disrupted by legislated and policy intrusions into classrooms and provides practical examples for taking good reading instruction out of the cracks and moving it back to the center of the classroom. Explaining what happens in readers’ minds as they read and how teachers can design practices to support that process, this book encourages teachers to initiate pedagogy that will help them begin or return to the stance of reflective, knowledgeable, professional decision-makers.

Author : Barbara M. Newman,Philip R. Newman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317975137

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Theories of Human Development by Barbara M. Newman,Philip R. Newman Pdf

Key human development theories that continue to guide research and practice are examined in this engaging text. Ten key theories are grouped into three families - those that emphasize biological systems, environmental factors, and those that reflect an interaction between the two. This organization enhances students’ ability to evaluate, compare, and contrast theories both within and across families. Each family is introduced with an overview of their unique perspectives and the rationale for grouping them together. Discussion of each theory includes the cultural/historical context during the theory’s development, its key concepts and ideas, extensions of the theory in contemporary work, an example showing a modification of the theory, an application of how the theory is used to inform practice, and an analysis of how the theory answers 6 basic questions that a human development theory should address. Each chapter includes an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the theories to facilitate comparisons. Theories that have a clear lifespan focus along with cases and examples that address issues across the lifespan are included The second edition features: -A new chapter on bioecological theory that highlights the increased use of this theory in the development of family, school, and community intervention programs. -A new epilogue that examines the same case via each of the ten theories illustrating their similarities and differences and how these ideas cast a unique light on a common situation. -New opening cases that bring theory to life along with narrative that links the case to the chapter’s concepts, guiding questions that help students compare theoretical perspectives, critical thinking questions that focus on using the theory to interpret the case and personal life experiences, and recommended resources that extend students’ understanding. -More examples from various disciplines that address topics students are likely to encounter as professionals. -A new glossary that defines the boldfaced key terms. -Enhanced website at www.psypress.com/9781848726673 that provides instructors with a test bank, Power points, discussion questions and activities, additional cases with questions, teaching notes for using the book with various types of majors, and a conversion guide outlining changes to the new edition and students with key terms with hot links to their definitions, chapter summaries and outlines, and additional resources for further study. -Updated research and applications highlight the latest scientific developments. Ideal for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate courses in theories of development, lifespan or child development taught in psychology, human development, family studies, education, and social work.

Author : Richard J. Meyer,Kathryn F. Whitmore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135050849

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Reclaiming Writing by Richard J. Meyer,Kathryn F. Whitmore Pdf

With passion, clarity, and rich examples, Reclaiming Writing is dedicated to reawakening the journeys that writers take as they make sense of, think about, and speak back to their worlds in this era of high-stakes testing and mandated curricula. Classrooms and out-of-school settings are described and analyzed in exciting and groundbreaking narratives that provide insights into the many possibilities for writing that support writers’ searches for voice, identity, and agency. Offering pedagogical strategies and the knowledge base in which they are grounded, the book looks at writing within various areas of the curriculum and across modes of writing from traditional text-based forums to digital formats. Thematically based sections present the pillars of the volume’s critical transactive theory: learning, teaching, curriculum, language, and sociocultural contexts. Each chapter is complemented by an extension that offers application possibilities for teachers in various settings. Reclaiming Writing emphasizes literacy as a vehicle for exploring, interrogating, challenging, finding self, talking back to power, creating a space in the world, reflecting upon the past, and thinking forward to a more joyful and democratic future.

Author : Kysa Nygreen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226031736

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These Kids by Kysa Nygreen Pdf

Few would deny that getting ahead is a legitimate goal of learning, but the phrase implies a cruel hierarchy: a student does not simply get ahead, but gets ahead of others. In These Kids, Kysa Nygreen turns a critical eye on this paradox. Offering the voices and viewpoints of students at a “last chance” high school in California, she tells the story of students who have, in fact, been left behind. Detailing a youth-led participatory action research project that she coordinated, Nygreen uncovers deep barriers to educational success that are embedded within educational discourse itself. Struggling students internalize descriptions of themselves as “at risk,” “low achieving,” or “troubled”—and by adopting the very language of educators, they also adopt its constraints and presumption of failure. Showing how current educational discourse does not, ultimately, provide an adequate vision of change for students at the bottom of the educational hierarchy, she levies a powerful argument that social justice in education is impossible today precisely because of how we talk about it.

Author : Abraham P. DeLeon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136506109

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Guest Editor'S Introduction Es V40#1 by Abraham P. DeLeon Pdf

First published in 2006. This is a special edition of Educational Studies, a journal of the American Educational Studies Association on Jonathan Kozol's ‘Savage Inequalities’, which includes a number of articles and book reviews that give a fifteen year reconsideration to the this text.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : UOM:39015066043368

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Choice by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1426 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015066121404

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Book Review Index by Anonim Pdf

Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.

Author : Joyce A. Cascio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1230 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0976237318

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Joyce in the Belly of the Big Truck; Workbook by Joyce A. Cascio Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Crime prevention
ISBN : IND:30000044511933

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Partnerships Against Violence by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Crime prevention
ISBN : HARVARD:32044038537510

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Partnerships Against Violence: Promising programs by Anonim Pdf

Author : Irving A. Spergel
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015034280506

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The Youth Gang Problem by Irving A. Spergel Pdf

Every day there are new stories of gang-related crime: from the proliferation of illegal weapons in the streets and children dealing drugs in their schools, to innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire of never-ending gang wars. Once considered an urban phenomenon, gang violence is permeating American life, spreading to the suburbs and bringing the problem closer to home for much of America. The government, schools, social agencies, and the justice system are conspicuous by their sporadic interest in the subject and have failed to develop effective policies and programs. Existing social support mechanisms and strategies for suppressing violence have often been unsuccessful. And, state and federal policy is largely nonexistent.In The Youth Gang Problem: A Community Approach, Irving Spergel provides a systematic analysis of youth gangs in the United States. Based on research, historical and comparative analysis, and agency documents and the author's extensive first-hand experience, the work explores the gang problem from the perspective of community disorganization, especially population movement, and the plight of the underclass. It examines the factors of gang member personality, gang dynamics, criminal organization, and the influence of family, school, prisons, and politics, as well as the response of criminal justice agencies and community groups. Spergel describes techniques used by social agencies, schools, employment programs, criminal justice agencies, and grass-roots organizations for dealing with gangs, and recommends strategies that emphasize the use of local resources, planning, and collaborative procedures.There is no single strategy and no easy solution to the youth gang problem in the United States. There are, however, substantial steps we can take, and they must be honestly and systematically tested. Offering a practical and alternative approach to a serious social problem, The Youth Gang Problem: A Community Approach is a major and long-awaited contribution to this dilemma. It is required reading for criminal justice personnel, school staff, social workers, policy makers, students and scholars of urban and organizational sociology, and the general reader concerned with the youth gang problem and how to control, intervene, and prevent it.

Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1884 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Bibliography, National
ISBN : UOM:39015066099196

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The British National Bibliography by Arthur James Wells Pdf