This groundbreaking study of an innovative charter school looks closely at adolescent identity by analyzing the language of narratives told in school. The author helps us to understand why adolescents sometimes make choices that seem incomprehensible to the adults who work with them. This unique book links issues of school reform with close analysis of language and interaction within a school to help us understand the needs and desires of some of today's diverse adolescent students. Both compelling and illuminating, this important book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the human effects (and not just the resultant test scores) of school reform.
| ISBN: | 9780807741290 |
| Publication date: | 7th September 2001 |
| Author: | Betsy Rymes |
| Publisher: | Teachers College Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 193 pages |
| Series: | Language and Literacy Series |
| Genres: |
Educational psychology Age groups: adolescents Secondary schools |
This groundbreaking study of an innovative charter school looks closely at adolescent identity by analyzing the language of narratives told in school. The author helps us to understand why adolescents sometimes make choices that seem incomprehensible to the adults who work with them. This unique book links issues of school reform with close analysis of language and interaction within a school to help us understand the needs and desires of some of today's diverse adolescent students. Both compelling and illuminating, this important book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the human effects (and not just the resultant test scores) of school reform.
Conversational Borderlands features in the following genres: Educational psychology, Age groups: adolescents, Secondary schools
Conversational Borderlands is available in Paperback, Hardback
Conversational Borderlands was written by Betsy Rymes and published by Teachers College Press
Conversational Borderlands has 193 pages
Yes it is part of Language and Literacy Series series