School Kids/Street Kids: Identity Development in Latino Students - Couverture souple

Flores-Gonzalez, Nilda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807742236 ISBN 13 : 9780807742235

Editeur : Teachers' College Press, 2002

Synopsis

Only 62% of Latinos have completed high school, while 94% of Whites and 87% of African Americans have done so. School Kids/Street Kids examines who drops out and who graduates―and why―among Puerto Rican students in an urban high school.

Using role-identity theory, Flores-González explains how some students develop what she terms a "school-kid" identity that enables them to succeed in school, while others develop a "street-kid" identity and drop out. Based on a year-long study and in-depth interviews with Latino students, this book explores the implications of taking one of these identities―which determines whether a student becomes, in Flores-González's words, a "stayer," a "leaver," or a "returner" to high school.

School Kids/Street Kids describes the socio-psychological dimensions of student identity development and the effect that school practices have on them. It also offers recommendations on how schools can facilitate the development of school-kid identities among Latinos and discusses how school reform can lead to their school success.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Nilda Flores-González is an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment to both the Department of Sociology and the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Teachers' College Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807742236
• ISBN 13: 9780807742235
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
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• Personne responsable: non disponible