Ingrid A. Nelson

Why Afterschool Matters

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offering an in-depth and long-term examination of how extracurricular activities impact the lives of disadvantaged youth, Why Afterschool Matters tracks ten Mexican American students who participated in the same afterschool program. Discovering that participation in the program was life-changing for some students, yet had only a minimal effect on others, sociologist Ingrid A. Nelson investigates the factors behind these very different outcomes. Though it focuses on a single program, this book’s findings have major implications for education policy nationwide.  

Produktdetails

• Rutgers Childhood Studies
• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Altersempfehlung: ab 17 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9780813584935
• ISBN-10: 0813584930
• Artikelnr.: 44946270

Autorenporträt

INGRID A. NELSON is an assistant professor of sociology at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. 

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