The Latinization of U.S. Schools: Successful Teaching and Learning in Shifting Cultural Contexts (Series in Critical Narrative)

Irizarry, Jason

ISBN 10: 1594519595 / ISBN 13: 9781594519598

Verlag: Routledge, 2011

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1594519595-4-34255985

Inhaltsangabe:

Fueled largely by significant increases in the Latino population, the racial, ethnic, and linguistic texture of the United States is changing rapidly. Nowhere is this 'Latinisation' of America more evident than in schools. The dramatic population growth among Latinos in the United States has not been accompanied by gains in academic achievement. Estimates suggest that approximately half of Latino students fail to complete high school, and few enroll in and complete college. The Latinization of U.S. Schools centres on the voices of Latino youth. It examines how the students themselves make meaning of the policies and practices within schools. The student voices expose an inequitable opportunity structure that results in depressed academic performance for many Latino youth. Each chapter concludes with empirically based recommendations for educators seeking to improve their practice with Latino youth, stemming from a multiyear participatory action research project conducted by Irizarry and the student contributors to the text.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Jason G. Irizarry is Assistant Professor of Multicultural Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Faculty Associate in the Institute for Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at the University of Connecticut.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Latinization of U.S. Schools: Successful...
Verlag: Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Fair