When children don't learn : student failure and the culture of teaching / edited by Barry M. Franklin.

Other author Franklin, Barry M.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Teachers College Press, ©1998.
Descriptionvi, 184 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Academic achievement--United States. --Psychological aspects.
School failure--Social aspects. --United States.
Teacher-student relationships--United States.
Effective teaching--United States.

Variant title When children do not learn
Contents Introduction : childhood failure and the classroom teacher / Barry M. Franklin -- Language of failure / Lynda Stone -- Low-achieving children and teacher heroism : a genealogical examination / Barry M. Franklin -- "Some teachers are ignorant" : teachers and teaching through urban school leavers' eyes / Richard J. Altenbaugh -- The professionally challenged teacher : teachers talk about school failure / Eleanor Blair Hilty -- From our voices : special education and the "alter-eagle" problem / Susan J. Peters, Alan Klein, & Catherine Shadwick -- Failure as discrimination : one professor's response to a college-wide examination of proficiency in writing / Susan R. Merrifield -- The micro-politics of school, teacher, and student failure : managing turbulence / Brian DeLany -- Some musings on what can be done / Henry M. Levin.
Local noteLittle-307045--305131012599$
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97051276
ISBN0807737194 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807737186 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks LB1062.6 .W55 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold