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OverviewThe prospect of student failure is a constant preoccupation of the classroom teacher. Failure to learn represents a virtual assault on the very art of teaching and, therefore, on teachers themselves. The essays in this volume explore the interplay between childhood academic failure and the lives and careers of teachers. From diverse perspectives, the contributors analyze the role that race, class and disability play in the construction of student failure and how good teachers attempt to contain the resulting damage to the lives of children and to their own sense of professional efficacy. A concluding chapter by Henry Levin offers some ideas on how educational policy can address the problems of student and teacher failure discussed in this book. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Barry M. FranklinPublisher: Teachers' College Press Imprint: Teachers' College Press Weight: 0.456kg ISBN: 9780807737194ISBN 10: 0807737194 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 30 April 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Language of Failure; Low-Achieving Children and Teacher Heroism - a Genealogical Examination; ""Some Teachers Are Ignorant"" - Teachers and Teaching Through Urban School Leavers' Eyes; The Professionally Challenged Teacher - Teachers Talk About School Failure; From Our Voices - Special Education and the ""Alter-Eagle"" Problem; Failure as Discrimination - One Professor's Response to a College-Wide Examination of Proficiency in Writing; The Micro-Politics of School, Teacher and Student Failure - Managing Turbulence; Some Musings on What Can Be Done."ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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