Making school count : promoting urban student motivation and success / Karen Manheim Teel and Andrea DeBruin-Parecki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teel, Karen Manheim.

Contributor:

DeBruin-Parecki, Andrea.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American students--Education--Case studies.

African American students.

Motivation in education--United States--Case studies.

Motivation in education.

Educational innovations--United States--Case studies.

Educational innovations.

Action research in education--United States--Case studies.

Action research in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Making School Count reports on four years of classroom research in which alternative teaching strategies, designed to motivate under-achieving inner-city, African-American middle school students were used and evaluated. The book offers insights into the discrepancy between students' academic dreams (their high performance aspirations) and the realities of their classroom performance.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword by Martin V. Covington; Acknowledgements; Life in an urban classroom: where dreams and realities collide; The personal journey of a teacher: Karen's story; Developing teaching strategies that honor and motivate diverse learners; The culture of the school; Teacher action research; Realizing student potential with alternative strategies; What gets in the way of student success?; Taking on the role of detective: teacher's response to struggling students; Turning student aspirations into realities; Appendices; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-120) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-58131-9

9786610401345

1-134-58132-7

1-280-40134-6

0-203-13427-3

0-203-17099-7

9780203134276

OCLC:

74906039