Being real : the student-teacher relationship and African-American male delinquency / Camille Gibson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibson, Camille, 1971-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American teenage boys--Education (Secondary)--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

African American teenage boys.

Teacher-student relationships--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Teacher-student relationships.

African American juvenile delinquents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gibson examines the role of school teachers in helping African-American juveniles not only to learn but also to acquire the social and cultural skills to avoid delinquency and attain upward social mobility. Gibson looks at how student-teacher relationships affect African American males. She studied students in two Bronx, New York, schools. African-American males may start optimistic, but they often come to perceive school as a poor option for achieving the "American dream." Instead, they may turn to crime, most often drug dealing and violence. Gibson's work shows how teachers affect this process. Teachers are most effective when they are "real": caring and willing to share of themselves as they pass on not only the subject matter of the class but also the social and cultural capital necessary to maximize their students chances at upward social mobility.

Contents:

Cause for concern

What we know

A researcher investigates

The social, political, and economic contexts

The school players

Student-teacher interactions

Student outcomes

What's to be done.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-36124-7

9786610361243

1-59332-032-9

OCLC:

55664265