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Effective schools / edited by Dennis M. McInerney, Martin Dowson, and Shawn Van Etten.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Research on sociocultural influences on motivation and learning ; v. 6.
- Research on sociocultural influences on motivation and learning ; v. 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational sociology--United States.
- Educational sociology.
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- Minorities--Education--United States.
- Minorities.
- Cultural pluralism--United States.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Teachers--United States.
- Teachers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Greenwich, Conn. : Information Age Pub., c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Students arrive in our classrooms with complex sociocultural histories that include family, cultural, physical, social, emotional, and prior learning experiences. In order to be effective, schools must directly address these complex histories in meaningful, relevant and creative ways. The aim of this volume is to examine research on effective schooling from a sociocultural perspective - with a focus on developing the capacities of diverse students in diverse educational contexts. The chapters in this volume cover a wide range of important topics as listed below.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. On research
- pt. 2. On pedagogy
- pt. 3. On teachers
- pt. 4. On learning environments.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611384166
- 9781607525363
- 1607525364
- 9781281384164
- 128138416X
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