Urban Education for the 21st Century [electronic resource] : Research, Issues, and Perspective

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Obiakor, Festus E.

Contributor:

Beachum, Floyd D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--United States.

Education, Urban--United States.

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education--United States.

Education, Urban--United States.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Place of Publication:

Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This timely book exposes the complexities and realities facing urbanness and urban schools that are inadequately funded and denigrated, along with students who continue to be misidentified, misassessed, miscategorized, misplaced, and misinstructed by illprepared and unprepared educators and service providers. The text very successfully demonstrates the comprehensive nature and connectedness of problems and prospects in urban education. This book will be an added resource to researchers, scholars, educators, and service providers. It should be an excellent required text for graduate and undergr

Contents:

URBAN EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 URBAN EDUCATION: THE QUEST FOR DEMOCRACY, EQUITY, AND EXCELLENCE; Chapter 2 EDUCATING URBAN LEARNERS WITH AND WITHOUT SPECIAL NEEDS:; Chapter 3 PERSONNEL PREPARATION AND URBAN SCHOOLS; Chapter 4 TEACHING AND LEARNING IN URBAN SCHOOLS; Chapter 5 EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN URBAN SCHOOLS; Chapter 6 INSIGHTS INTO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY:; Chapter 7 EDUCATING YOUNG LEARNERS IN URBAN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES; Chapter 8 MANAGING VIOLENCE IN URBAN SCHOOLS; Chapter 9 FINANCING URBAN SCHOOLS

Chapter 10 REDUCING THE POWER OF "WHITENESS" IN URBAN SCHOOLSChapter 11 BUILDING COMMUNITY IN URBAN SCHOOLS: PROMISES AND CHALLENGES; Chapter 12 NEW TECHNOLOGICAL HORIZONS FOR URBAN LEARNERS; Chapter 13 URBAN EDUCATION:FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-398-08012-7

OCLC:

689996318