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Adolescent lives in transition : how social class influences the adjustment to middle school / Donna Marie San Antonio.
Van Pelt Library LB1623.5 .S26 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- San Antonio, Donna Marie, 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle schools--United States--Sociological aspects--Case studies.
- Middle schools.
- Middle school students--United States--Social conditions--21st century--Case studies.
- Middle school students.
- Social conditions.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Addressing the issues of educational equity and social class diversity, Donna Marie San Antonio documents the challenges adolescents face when making the transition from elementary school to middle school. The book explores the values, resources, and ways of interacting that students from diverse economic backgrounds bring from their families and communities, and how they are enabled or discouraged from integrating these assets in their new school environment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-311) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791460355
- 0791460363
- OCLC:
- 52092095
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