Subtractive schooling : U.S.-Mexican youth and the politics of caring / Angela Valenzuela.
"Subtractive Schooling provides a framework for understanding the patterns of immigrant achievement and U.S.-born underachievement frequently noted in the literature and observed by the author in her ethnographic account of regular-track youth attending a comprehensive, virtually all-Mexican, i...
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| Language: | English |
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Albany, N.Y. :
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©1999.
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| Series: | SUNY series, social context of education.
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| Summary: | "Subtractive Schooling provides a framework for understanding the patterns of immigrant achievement and U.S.-born underachievement frequently noted in the literature and observed by the author in her ethnographic account of regular-track youth attending a comprehensive, virtually all-Mexican, inner-city high school in Houston. Valenzuela argues that schools subtract resources from youth in two major ways: firstly by dismissing their definition of education and secondly through assimilationist policies and practices that minimize their culture and language. A key consequence is the erosion of students' social capital evident in the absence of academically oriented networks among acculturated, U.S.-born youth."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 328 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-319) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585281009 9780585281001 |
| Access: | Access to electronic resources restricted to Simmons University students, faculty and staff. Access limited to one user at a time. |