Ability Profiling and School Failure: One Child's Struggle to Be Seen as Competent Contributor(s): Collins, Kathleen M. (Author), Collins (Author), Alexander, Kathleen Collin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805841563 ISBN-13: 9780805841565 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $46.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: "Ability Profiling and School Failure: One Child's Struggle to Be Seen as Competent" explores the social and contextual forces that shape the appearance of academic ability and disability and how these forces influence the perception of academic underachievement of minority students. It is a powerful case study of a competent fifth grader, an African American boy growing up in a predominantly white, rural community, who was excluded from participating in science and literacy discourses within his classroom community. |
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BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - General - Education | Special Education - General |
Dewey: 371.254 |
LCCN: 2002040849 |
Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.96" W x 9.04" (0.77 lbs) 232 pages |
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Publisher Description: Exploring the social and contextual forces that shape the appearance of academic ability and disability, this work shows how these forces influence the perception of academic underachievement by minority students. It provides a case study of a competent fifth grader, an African American boy growing up in a predominantly white, rural community, who was excluded from participating in science and literacy discourses within his classroom community. |