Follow-up to author's earlier work, Reading families. New York : Teachers College Press, c2003.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-131) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Discourses and figured worlds -- Two dominant discourses : paying attention and high stakes testing -- Proximity and distance : Marvin's and Jermaine's stories -- Gender and schooling : Alisa's and Jasmine's stories -- Degrees of reading success and failure : Peter and Bradford -- Rereading conclusions.
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"Four years after publishing her provocative study, Reading Families: The Literate Lives of Urban Children, Compton-Lilly revisits the same group of urban students (then first graders, now fourth and fifth graders) and their families. Armed with rare longitudinal data from follow-up interviews and reading assessments, she once again upsets widespread misconceptions about reading and urban families. This eye-opening sequel uses case studies to explore important issues, such as students' feelings of connection to their school; gender and schooling; parents' experiences dealing with "the system"; high-stakes testing; and technology use at home." "Building on past insights, this book: Uses an innovative approach to educational research to explore why urban students often have difficulty becoming proficient readers. Employs case studies to support a new construct called "reading capital." Offers important recommendations for teaching in diverse communities. Models longitudinal qualitative research, describing the critical role it plays in studying a child's experiences with school. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
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Re-reading families.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
City children-- Books and reading-- United States, Case studies.
City children-- Education-- United States, Case studies.
Education, Urban-- United States, Case studies.
Reading-- Parent participation-- United States, Case studies.