"Doing school" : how we are creating a generation of stressed out, materialistic, and miseducated students /

Denise Pope, veteran teacher and curriculum expert, follows five motivated and successful students through a school year, closely shadowing them and engaging them in lengthy reflections on their school experiences. What emerges is a double-sided picture of school success. On the one hand, these stud...

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Hlavní autor: Pope, Denise Clark, 1966-
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2001.
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=188126
Obsah:
  • Welcome to Faircrest High
  • Kevin Romoni: a 3.8 kind of guy
  • Eve Lin: life as a high school machine
  • Teresa Gomez: "I want a future"
  • Michelle Spence: keeping curiosity alive?
  • Roberto Morales: when values stand in the way
  • The predicament of "doing school"
  • Epilogue
  • Appendixes. A. General information about the students in the study ; B. Common student behavior exhibited in pursuit of success.