Adolescent lives in transition : how social class influences the adjustment to middle school by San Antonio, Donna Marie, 1951- instant download

Adolescent lives in transition : how social class influences the adjustment to middle school by San Antonio, Donna Marie, 1951- instant download

1 online resource (xvii, 326 pages) :, \"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 explorers 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 environments.\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-311) and index, A methodology for research with young students -- Hillside : on the way to somewhere else -- Lakeview : journey's end -- Mountainview Middle School -- Sixth grade hopes, seventh grade discoveries -- A transition for parents and teachers -- Classrooms, teams, and teaching styles -- How students shape less-structured environments -- Peer, home, and school self-esteem -- Extracurricular participation -- Ability grouping -- Success and struggle in the transition to middle school -- Implications for research, policy, and practice, Print version record