At-Risk Youth (eBook, PDF)

Theory, Practice, Reform
Redaktion: Kronick, Robert F.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about theory, practice, and reform in working with youth who are at-risk in our schools. The book addresses several important topics, including: Problems of definition of at-risk and measurement; social, political and health aspects of being at-risk; theories of at-risk status including coping competence, agency intrinsic motivation and cultivation theory; the voices of those who are at-risk; groups that are often ignored when discussing at-risk youth, Native Americans and Appalachians; necessary changes such as prevention, early intervention, and a critical look at assessment practices and grades; a look at the role of higher education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136517211
• Artikelnr.: 40298152

Autorenporträt

Robert F. Kronick

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Overview *Synthesis of Where We Are Regarding At-Risk Youth
Robert Kronick Social
Political
and Health Aspects of At-Risk Youth *Politics of At-Risk Youth
Sung Roe Lee and Robert Cunningham *Teenage High School Leavers Speak Out About Alcohol
Other Drugs
and Life Problems
Sandra Putnam
James Malia
and Suzanne Streagle Some Intriguing Theories On At-Risk Youth *Home and School Correlates of Early At-Risk Status: A Coping Competence Model
Jean Dumas *New Learning and Agency in the At-Promise Student
Graham E. Higgs and Nancy L. Tarsi *Effects of Alternative Educational Programming on Intrinsic Motivation Among Ethnic Minority Adolescents
Cynthia Hudley *Television and At-Risk Youth
W. Thomas Beckner In Their Own Voice: Those Who Are Most At Risk *An African American Female
Rosa Kennedy *African American Parents' Roles in Education
Rhoda Barnes *Chestnut Ridge Learning Center: A Theory Put into Practice
Katherine Higginbotham Culture and Ethnic Groups That Are Often Ignored *Appalachian Culture and Schooling
Eva Thaller *Tribally Controlled Community College: Why Native American Dropouts Are Dropping In
Gabrielle Elliott Needed And Necessary Changes *Birth to Six Year Olds: Risks and Healing Strategies
Jerome Morton *Grading and Assessment Practices that Place Students At Risk
Charles Hargis *Education and Keeping Pace with Reaching At-Risk Students
Robert F. Kronick