Ingrid A Nelson

Why Afterschool Matters

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Increasingly, educational researchers and policy-makers are finding that extracurricular programmes make a major difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth. Why Afterschool Matters closely follows ten Mexican American students who attended the same extracurricular programme in California, then chronicles its long-term effects on their lives, from eighth grade to early adulthood.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 162mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780813584942
• ISBN-10: 0813584949
• Artikelnr.: 44946128

Autorenporträt

Nelson, Ingrid A.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Why Does College Matter?         
    
Acknowledgments                   
                      
1          Extracurricular Activities and Pathways to College  
2          Theorizing Educational Success and Failure 
3          Auxiliary Influence: “It Was Fun . . . But I Don’t Remember
Much”       
   
4          Distinguishable Influence: “It Helped Me Find My Way . . .”
       
 
5          Transformative Influence: “It Changed My Whole Life!”    
6          The Differential Role of Extracurricular Activity
Participation        
Appendix A: Student Characteristics            
Appendix B: Methodological Reflections     
References                                                     
Index