Adolescents At School Perspectives On Youth Identity And Education Sadowski by Sadowski, Michael instant download after payment.

xi, 247 pages ; 24 cm, Sixteen educators and education writers grapple with the wide range of variables that kids experience as they move through adolescence. The contributors present perspectives on how issues such as race, gender, class, and ability interact with and affect adolescent development, supported by research, testimonials, and personal experiences. Sadowski introduces the topic in \"Why Identity Matters in ... More School\" and draws some conclusions in \"From Understanding to Action.\", Includes bibliographical references and index, Introduction : Real adolescents / Michael Sadowski -- Identity and possibility : adolescent development and the potential of schools / Michael Nakkula -- \"Joaquín's dilemma\" : understanding the link between racial identity and school-related behaviors / Pedro A. Noguera -- Research feature : Understanding \"acting white\" : what educators need to know / Michael Sadowski -- Profile : Listening to minority students : one district's approach to closing the achievement gap / Thomas Fowler-Finn -- Commentary : Opening the dialogue about race at school / Beverly Daniel Tatum -- Adolescents from immigrant families : relationships and adaptation in school / Carola Suárez-Orozco, Desirée Baolian Qin, and Ramona Fruja Amthor -- Profile : \"Desde entonces, soy Chicana\" : a Mexican immigrant student resists subtractive schooling / Angela Valenzuela -- Model minorities and perpetual foreigners : the impact of stereotyping on Asian American students / Stacey J. Lee -- \"Who am I as a learner?\" : would boys and girls tend to answer differently? / Michelle Galley -- Research feature : \"Getting the message across\" : adolescent girls and note writing / Theresa Squires Collins -- \"I am not insane; I am angry\" : adolescent masculinity, homophobia, and violence / Michael S. Kimmel -- Interview : Male adolescent identity and the roots of aggression : a conversation with James Garbarino / Darcia Harris Bowman -- Still in the shadows?…