Quiet Desperation

The Effects of Competition in School on Abused and Neglected Children

Gerald W. Neal (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

136 Seiten

2008
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-3993-4 (ISBN)

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With standardized testing and predetermined subgroups garnering the attention of educational leaders, abused and neglected children have fallen deeper into the crevice of the system. For years these children have been ignored, save the obvious, visible bruises or child-initiated confessions. Because researching children is difficult without parental consent, it is nearly impossible to expose this problem with any level of legitimacy. By combining research from scientific research and the humanities, autobiographical flashbacks fuse with narratives that vividly detail the author's disturbing encounters with abused children as a school administrator. The effect is the realization that public schools unknowingly feed on weaker children beneath the awning of accountability.

Gerald W. Neal is Associate Professor at Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, North Carolina. He served as a teacher and administrator in public schools for sixteen years.

Part 1 Preface
Chapter 2 A Face in the Crowd
Chapter 3 Brethern
Chapter 4 Defense Mode
Chapter 5 The Sting of Competition
Chapter 6 The Ugly Underbelly of Competition
Chapter 7 The Resilient Self
Chapter 8 Arming the Educators
Chapter 9 Flight

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.6.2008
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 230 mm
Gewicht	222 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7618-3993-3 / 0761839933
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-3993-4 / 9780761839934
Zustand	Neuware