Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 481 g
What Skateboarders Can Teach Us about Learning, Schooling, and Youth Development
Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 481 g
ISBN: 978-1-62534-716-9
Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf of University of Mass
In Dropping In, Robert Petrone draws from multiple years of ethnographic research to bring readers into this rich environment, exploring how and why these young men engage more with skateboarding and its related cultural communities than with school. For them, it is in these alternative communities and spaces that they meet their intellectual, literate, and learning needs; cultivate meaningful and supportive relationships; and develop a larger understanding of their place in the world. By looking at what these skateboarders can teach us about what is right and working in their lives, Petrone asks educators and others committed to youth development to rethink schooling structures and practices to provide equitable education for all students.