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Teaching Black Girls: Resiliency in Urban Classrooms
Venus E. Evans-Winters
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Description for Teaching Black Girls: Resiliency in Urban Classrooms
Paperback. Uses qualitative research methods to interpret and discuss school resilience in lives of African American female students. This book demonstrates how these girls are simultaneously one of the vulnerable, and one of resilient group of students. It implements alternative approaches to study of intersection of race, class, and gender on schooling. Series: Counterpoints. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNA; JNF; JNMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
In this updated volume of Teaching Black Girls: Resiliency in Urban Classrooms, Venus E. Evans-Winters uses qualitative research methods to interpret and discuss school resilience in the lives of African American female students. The book demonstrates how these girls are simultaneously one of the most vulnerable, and one of the most resilient group of students. Teaching Black Girls implements alternative approaches to the study of the intersection of race, class, and gender on schooling, deliberately highlighting how students growing up and attending schools in urban neighborhoods are educationally resilient in the face of adversity. Through dialogue and self-reflection, the author ... Read more
In this updated volume of Teaching Black Girls: Resiliency in Urban Classrooms, Venus E. Evans-Winters uses qualitative research methods to interpret and discuss school resilience in the lives of African American female students. The book demonstrates how these girls are simultaneously one of the most vulnerable, and one of the most resilient group of students. Teaching Black Girls implements alternative approaches to the study of the intersection of race, class, and gender on schooling, deliberately highlighting how students growing up and attending schools in urban neighborhoods are educationally resilient in the face of adversity. Through dialogue and self-reflection, the author ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Counterpoints
Condition
New
Weight
293g
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781433105937
SKU
V9781433105937
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About Venus E. Evans-Winters
Venus E. Evans-Winters is Assistant Professor of Education at Illinois State University in the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations. She holds a Doctorate degree in educational policy studies and a Masters degree in school social work from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests are school resilience, urban education, critical race theory, critical pedagogy, and feminism(s).
Reviews for Teaching Black Girls: Resiliency in Urban Classrooms
`Teaching Black Girls' is told by a voice so rich in character that it challenges us to deal effectively with the intersections of race, gender, and class. Through richly intertwined personal narratives we are reminded or introduced to what it is like growing up as an African American female. The voices of these resilient students stand out among the common ... Read more