Minorities and Girls in School

Effects on Achievement and Performance
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7619-0829-6
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 211 g

Reihe: Leaders in Psychology series

Although this country has a stake in educating its citizens well, for much of our history, we have not known in any scientific way what helps and what hinders the academic success of girls and minority group members. This book gives voice to four psychologists (Schofield, Slaughter-Defoe, Eccles, and Betz) who use scientific inquiry to understand what helps and what hinders the academic and life performance of minority students and girls. These are scientists who approach their subject matter with technical skill and personal passion to ask such questions as: What has desegregation accomplished? Can beneficial parent-child interactions be facilitated so as to improve school-related performance? Why are we seeing such low levels of achievement for girls and minorities in math and science? What stops women and minorities from choosing and completing majors in science and engineering? Each chapter represents an effort to communicate a vital area of scientific investigation to those in political life who could use that knowledge to formulate effective public policy. Near the end of each chapter are the questions that each of the authors was asked following the original briefing. These interchanges will show how policy makers begin to think about the use of scientific information in a political context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, David H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

School Desegregation Forty Years after Brown V Board of Education - Joan Ward Schofield Looking Forward and Looking Back Ethnicity, Poverty and Children's Educability - Diane T Slaughter-Defoe A Developmental Perspective User Friendly Science and Mathematics - Jacquelynne Eccles Can It Interest Girls and Minorities in Breaking through the Middle School Wall? What Stops Women and Minorities from Choosing and Completing Majors in Science and Engineering? - Nancy Betz