The Wasted Years: American Youth, Race, and the Literacy Gap

About the author

James McCabe works on faculty development in the Center for Teaching Excellence at American University in Washington, D.C. As a writing instructor in community colleges in New York City, McCabe saw the damage done when teenagers arrive in college without adequate reading and writing skills and without the belief that they belong in higher education. He is interested in studying how teachers can build an allegiance to print and how schools increase exposure to print in young adults.

Summary

This work includes the voices of practitioners and researchers in an attempt to identify the factors that are perpetuating the literacy gap in American secondary schools. Topics include the deprofessionalization of teachers, and the socialization of teachers.

Product details

• Authors: James McCabe
• Publisher: R & L Education
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2003
• EAN: 9780810847149
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-4714-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 422 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Alphabetisierung, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Bildungsziel Inklusion, Education / Teaching, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy