Cultural Contradictions and School Leaving: A Case Study of an Urban High School

Autor/inn/en	Patterson, Jean A.; Hale, Dalia; Stessman, Martin
Titel	Cultural Contradictions and School Leaving: A Case Study of an Urban High School
Quelle	In: High School Journal, 91 (2008) 2, S.1-15 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1498
Schlagwörter	High Schools; School Culture; Dropout Rate; Dropouts; Teaching Methods; Urban Schools; Cultural Influences; Public Schools; Case Studies; High Risk Students; Teacher Behavior; Classroom Techniques; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Influences; Teacher Attitudes; Family School Relationship; Hispanic Americans; African Americans; Whites; Poverty; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Problemschüler; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Klassenführung; Rassenunterschied; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Afroamerikaner; White; Weißer; Armut; USA
Abstract	The high dropout rate in urban high schools, particularly among poor and racial minority youth, continues to be a vexing problem confronting public education in the U.S. Although much research and many prevention efforts have been devoted to this issue, dropout rates continue to soar. In this article, the authors present a case study analysis of an urban high school that was attempting to address the high dropout rate. Instead of focusing on social and academic risk factors that assume the problem lies in the student and his or her family, we examine how the culture and structure of the high school influenced teachers' instructional practices and resulted in contradictory beliefs about students and their families. These contradictions between school culture and structure, instruction, and many students' home culture contributed to the school's high dropout rate. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10