Adolescent Lives in Transition

Donna Marie San Antonio

Description

Addressing the issues of educational equity and social class diversity, Donna Marie San Antonio documents the challenges adolescents face when making the transition from elementary school to middle school. The book explores the values, resources, and ways of interacting that students from diverse economic backgrounds bring from their families and communities, and how they are enabled or discouraged from integrating these assets in their new school environment.

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Acknowledgments

List of People

Introduction: Social Class and Adjustment to School in Rural Places

1. A Methodology for Research with Young Students

Part I—The Towns

Introduction
2. Hillside—On the Way to Somewhere Else
3. Lakeview—Journey's End
Conclusion

Part II—The School and its Teachers and Students

Introduction
4. Mountainview Middle School
5. Sixth Grade Hopes, Seventh Grade Discoveries
6. A Transition for Parents and Teachers
7. Classrooms, Teams, and Teaching Styles
8. How Students Shape Less-Structured Environments
Conclusion

Part III—The Emotional, Participatory, and Academic Realms of Students' Lives

Introduction
9. Peer, Home, and School Self-Esteem
10. Extracurricular Participation
11. Ability Grouping
12. Success and Struggle in the Transition to Middle School
13. Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice

Appendix 1. Comparisons of Educational and Economic Factors
Appendix 2. Rubric for Defining Socioeconomic Status Categories
Appendix 3. Recommendations of the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development
Appendix 4. Student Questionnaire
Appendix 5. Table of Self-Esteem Means
Appendix 6. Student Participation Survey
Appendix 7. Town and Gender Comparisons of California Achievement Test Scores

Notes

References

Index

Sujets

• Student life
• Educational psychology

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791485347
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Adolescent Lives in Transition How Social Class Influences the Adjustment to Middle School

D ONNA M ARIE S AN A NTONIO

Adolescent Lives in Transition

Adolescent Lives in Transition

How Social Class Influences the Adjustment to Middle School

Donna Marie San Antonio

State University of New York Press

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

© 2004 State University of New York

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

San Antonio, Donna Marie, 1951– Adolescent lives in transition: how social class influences the adjustment to middle school / Donna Marie San Antonio. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-6035-5 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-6036-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Middle schools—United States—Sociological aspects—Case studies. 2. Middle school students—United States—Social conditions—21st century— Case studies I. Title.

LB1623.5.S26 2004 373.236'0973—dc21

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 For my father, Ugo, who encouraged a passionate response to life and awareness of injustice. And for my mother, Caterina, who taught me to live with imagination and persistent optimism. Your love and example have helped guide the way through life’s extraordinary transitions. 

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

List of People

Contents

Introduction:Social Class and Adjustment to School in Rural Places Chapter 1.A Methodology for Research with Young Students

Part I—The Towns Introduction Chapter 2.Hillside—On the Way to Somewhere Else Chapter 3.Lakeview–Journey’s End Conclusion

Part II—The School and its Teachers and Students Introduction Chapter 4.Mountainview Middle School Chapter 5.Sixth Grade Hopes, Seventh Grade Discoveries Chapter 6.A Transition for Parents and Teachers Chapter 7.Classrooms, Teams, and Teaching Styles Chapter 8.How Students Shape Less-Structured Environments Conclusion

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Part III—The Emotional, Participatory, and Academic Realms of Students’ Lives Introduction Chapter 9.Peer, Home, and School Self-Esteem Chapter 10.Extracurricular Participation Chapter 11.Ability Grouping Chapter 12.Success and Struggle in the Transition to Middle School Chapter 13.Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice

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Appendix 1. Comparisons of Educational and Economic Factors 269 Appendix 2. Rubric for Defining Socioeconomic Status Categories 271 Appendix 3. Recommendations of the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development 273 Appendix 4. Sample Student Questionnaire 275 Appendix 5. Table of Self-Esteem Means 283 Appendix 6. Student Participation Survey 287 Appendix 7. Town and Gender Comparisons of California Achievement Test Scores 289

Notes

References

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Number of Lakeview and Hillside Students in Low, Middle, and High Social Class Categories Calculated and Perceived Social Class by Town General Self-Esteem for Lakeview and Hillside Groups Peer, Home, and School Self-Esteem by Town General Self-Esteem by Town and Gender Boys’ General Self-Esteem by Town and Divorce Experience Boys’ and Girls’ Participation in After-School Activities by Town

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