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Average American teenager? White working-class high school students navigate race, privilege and opportunity
TL;DR: This paper explored the social identity development of white suburban high school students in a working-class area of North Eastern United States and argued that these discourses of normality work to hide both the white privilege as well as the disadvantages the teens experience as a result of their working class backgrounds.
Trailer Park Kids: An Ethnographic Study Of Identity Formation In An Affluent Suburban Middle School
TL;DR: TRAILER PARK KIDS: An ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF IDENTITY FORMATION in an AFFLUENT SUBURBAN MIDDLE SCHOOL as discussed by the authors.
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How do middle class Pakistani young people construct contemporary international conflicts
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined how middle class Pakistani young people construct contemporary international conflicts and found that the participants argued that terrorism, whether perpetrated by state or non-state actors, was wrong, and they were highly critical of US policies and actions in the wider world.
Mathematics students role in the construction of classroom pedagogy: Observed practical classroom dynamics from Zimbabwe
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey research report on observed classroom methods, approaches and strategies employed by Mathematics teachers and students in selected senior secondary schools in Zimbabwe, where they identify that teacher dominance is a negotiated product, which results from teachers and student exercising power on each other in the classroom.
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The positive effects of ethnic diversity in classrooms on the educational performance of pupils in a multi-ethnic European metropole
Sjaak Braster,Jaap Dronkers +1 more
TL;DR: This paper used data about 905 pupils, 41 classes and 11 schools in a European metropole to confirm the hypothesis that in this specific context ethnic diversity in classrooms does lead to positive effects on educational performance.
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Communities of Practice and Social Learning Systems: the Career of a Concept
TL;DR: The concept of community of practice was not born in the systems theory tradition as discussed by the authors, but it has its roots in attempts to develop accounts of the social nature of human learning inspired by anthropology and social theory.
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Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys
TL;DR: In this article, the Flatlands of Oakland and the Youth Control Complex are discussed. But the focus is on the role of black youth in the criminal justice system and community institutions.
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Learning to Be Illegal: Undocumented Youth and Shifting Legal Contexts in the Transition to Adulthood
TL;DR: The authors examines the transition to adulthood among 1.5-generation undocumented Latino young adults and finds that for them, the transition from K to adulthood involves exiting the legally protected status of K to...
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New Conceptual Frameworks for Student Engagement Research, Policy, and Practice
Michael A. Lawson,Hal A. Lawson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, student engagement research, policy, and practice must become more nuanced and less formulaic, and the ensuing review is structured accordingly, guided in part by social-ecological analysis and social-cultural theory.
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The Significance of Relationships: Academic Engagement and Achievement Among Newcomer Immigrant Youth
TL;DR: The Longitudinal Immigrant Student Adaptation Study (LISA) as discussed by the authors used a mixed-methods approach, combining longitudinal, interdisciplinary, qualitative, and quantitative approaches to document adaptation patterns of 407 recently arrived immigrant youth from Central America, China, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Mexico over the course of five years.