Eight Voices of Empowerment: Student Perspectives in a Restructured Urban Middle School

Autor/in	Horn, Brian R.
Titel	Eight Voices of Empowerment: Student Perspectives in a Restructured Urban Middle School
Quelle	In: Urban Education, 52 (2017) 4, S.525-552 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0859
DOI	10.1177/0042085915574522
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; School Restructuring; Urban Schools; Middle School Students; Action Research; Grade 8; Language Arts; Student Empowerment; Educational Policy; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Academic Achievement; Criticism; Power Structure; Critical Thinking; Teaching Methods; Interviews; Focus Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Projektforschung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Sprachkultur; Studienberechtigung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Schulleistung; Kritik; Kritisches Denken; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	This article explores student empowerment in a restructured urban Title I middle school. The study includes data from eight participants in an action research project that involved a critical inquiry unit in an eighth-grade language arts class that asked students, "How are you empowered and disempowered by school?" Findings reveal that although No Child Left Behind (NCLB) policies are said to empower students, student empowerment is rather a negotiated process that requires teachers to help students develop an eye for fairness, create opportunities for them to express themselves in new ways, and encourage them to learn from one another. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01