Handbook of American High Schools

Volume 1

Kathryn M. Borman, Spencer E. Cahill, Bridget A. Cotner (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

490 Seiten

2008
Rowman & Littlefield Education (Verlag)
978-1-57886-702-8 (ISBN)

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Written by an interdisciplinary group of experts in education, psychology, sociology, and other fields, this landmark handbook provides a thorough examination of U.S. secondary education from the private academies of Colonial America to the comprehensive high schools and alternative schools of today. This accessible compendium is a treasure trove of reliable and authoritative information for educators, parents, and students. It includes original entries on assessment, architecture, bullying, campus life, censorship, college preparation, desegregation, disabilities, ethnic identity, family and community involvement, finance inequality, gangs, home schooling, homework, immigrants, intelligence, learning styles, magnet schools, mentoring, peer groups and peer culture, prom, reunions, rural schools, school boards, school to work programs, sex education, sports, standardized tests, student rights, teacher certification, teacher shortage, test preparation, violence, vouchers, and yearbooks, just to name a few. The text includes primary documents, each with scene and context-setting introductions, such as reports, legislation, and US Supreme Court cases will be found as well. Thorough cross-referencing enables the user to follow a topic from an entry to a primary document or another related entry. This wide-ranging, accessible and user-friendly source is an authoritative reference for anyone concerned with high schools and high school students in the United States.

Kathryn M. Borman is Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. Spencer E. Cahill is Professor of Sociology at the University of South Florida. Bridget A. Cotner is Research Associate at the Alliance for Applied Research in Education and Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Florida.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Guide to Related Entries
Part 3 [A-Z] Entries
Chapter 4 Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.10.2008
Sprache	englisch
Maße	181 x 257 mm
Gewicht	966 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
ISBN-10	1-57886-702-9 / 1578867029
ISBN-13	978-1-57886-702-8 / 9781578867028
Zustand	Neuware