Kids Don't Want to Fail: Oppositional Culture and the Black-White Achievement GapHarvard University Press, 2011. jún. 13. - 336 oldal Understanding the causes of the racial achievement gap in American education—and then addressing it with effective programs—is one of the most urgent problems communities and educators face. |
Tartalomjegyzék
1 Introduction to Oppositional Culture | 1 |
Basis for Black Cynicism toward Schooling | 30 |
3 Origins of Youth Perceptions of Opportunity on Academic Achievement | 53 |
4 Effects of Youth Perceptions of Opportunity on Academic Achievement | 74 |
5 Racial Differences in Academic Orientation of Youth | 98 |
6 Should Blacks Become Raceless to Improve Achievement? | 128 |
7 Shifting the Focus Away from Culture and toward Prior Skills | 144 |
8 Does Marginalization Equal Resistance to Schooling? A ClassBased Analysis | 163 |
Note of Caution about Testing | 199 |
Sources of Data | 203 |
Methodological Appendix | 211 |
Description of Measures | 235 |
Notes | 273 |
Bibliography | 283 |
Acknowledgments | 303 |
307 | |
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