Invisible children in the society and its schools /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Sue Books.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
2nd ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Mahwah, N.J. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
L. Erlbaum Associates Publishers,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xxiv, 258 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Introduction : September 11, welfare 'reform, ' educational opportunity, and the lives of children / Sue Books -- 2. An Islamic school responds to September 11 / Christina Safiya Tobias-Nahi and Eliza N. Garfield -- 3. Visibility as a trap : American Indian representation in schools / B. McKinley Jones Brayboy -- 4. Korean American high school dropouts : a case study of their experiences and negotiations of schooling, family, and communities / Jamie Lew -- 5. Immigrant children : art as a second language / Cristina Igoa -- 6. Homeless children and their families : the discards of the post-welfare era / Valerie Polakow -- 7. Hoping for the best : 'inclusion' and stigmatization in a middle school / Bram Hamovitch -- 8. Rendering students visible : creative writing in an alternative school / David Lee Keiser -- 9. Queer invisibility : the case of Ellen, Michel, and Oscar / Gloria Filax -- 10. Children and young people affected by AIDS / Diane Duggan -- 11. Living with violence : housed and homeless women and children / Lois Weis, Warren Marcus, and Carrie Freie -- 12. 'Before their time' : social age, sexuality, and school-aged mothers / Nancy Lesko -- 13. Reflections on September 11, political invisibility, and teaching / Jane Fowler Morse.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The authors in this book use the metaphors of invisibility and visibility to explore the social and school lives of many children and young people in North America whose complexity, strengths, and vulnerabilities are largely unseen in the society and its.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Invisible children in the society and its schools.
International Standard Book Number
0805843183
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Children with social disabilities-- Education-- United States.
Children with social disabilities-- United States.
Educational sociology-- United States.
Marginality, Social-- United States.
Teenagers with social disabilities-- Education-- United States.
Teenagers with social disabilities-- United States.
Children with social disabilities-- Education.
Children with social disabilities.
Educational sociology.
Marginality, Social.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.