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Culture, Poverty, and Education: What's Happening in Today's Schools? is intended to not only discuss 5 myths about the culture of poverty and its effects on education, but provide some resources on alternatives for educator's to better address this growing barrier to student achievement in today's schools.
List of contents
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1:THREE THEORETICAL MODELS ON THE
CULTURE OF POVERTY
CHAPTER 2: POOR PEOPLE ARE UNMOTIVATED AND HAVE
WEAK WORK ETHIC?
CHAPTER 3:POOR PARENTS ARE UNINVOLVED IN THEIR
CHILDREN'S LEARNING?
CHAPTER 4:POOR PEOPLE ARE LINGUISTICALLY DEFICIENT?
CHAPTER 5: POOR PEOPLE TEND TO ABUSE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL?
CHAPTER 6:POVERTY HAS LITTLE LASTING IMPACT ON CHILDREN?
CHAPTER 7:THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY ON THE BRAIN
CHAPTER 8:THE CULTURE OF CLASSISM
CHAPTER 9:STORIES OF POVERTY
CHAPTER 10:TODAY'S EDUCATOR
TERMS
REFERENCES
About the author
Dr. Michele Wages is an Assistant Professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University teaching Emergent and Developing Literacy and Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading at Elementary Level to elementary education majors. In her 26 year career she has served as an instructional specialist on title one campuses in the DFW area for 9 years, including a bilingual campus with an 86% Hispanic student enrollment and a free and reduced lunch demographic of 96%. She has also served as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts facilitator and has provided staff development training for teachers in Texas.
Summary
Culture, Poverty, and Education: What’s Happening in Today’s Schools? is intended to not only discuss 5 myths about the culture of poverty and its effects on education, but provide some resources on alternatives for educator’s to better address this growing barrier to student achievement in today’s schools.
