Additional Resources: Articles
"Characteristics of Students at Risk and Why Students Drop Out"
By J.E. Ormrod Pearson, Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall (excerpted from Educational Psychology Developing Learners) Updated on Jul 20, 2010 http://www.education.com/reference/article/characteristics-students-risk/ In "Characteristics of Students at Risk and Why Students Drop Out," the author references several reasons that students drop out: a history of academic failure, older age in comparison to classmates, emotional and behavioral problems, frequent interaction with low-achieving peers, lack of psychological attachment from school, and increasing disinvolvement with school. |
"Deepening our dialogue about equity"
By J. Weissglass (1997). Educational Leadership, 54(7), 78-81. http://ncee.education.ucsb.edu/articles/deepeningdialogue.pdf In “Deeping Our Dialogue about Equity,” Julian Weissglass discusses the importance of having conversations with faculty members about problems within school systems today and why, despite the risks, it is worth it to truly help students to have these discussions rather than avoid the true source of the problem. The articles discusses ways to structure support groups for teachers and how to go about solving issues with inequity in current schools. |
“Preparing Culturally Responsive Teachers: Rethinking the Curriculum”
By: Ana Maria Villegas &Tamara Lucas (2002). Journal of Teacher Education, Vol. 53, No. 1. P. 20-32 http://jte.sagepub.com/content/53/1/20.short In “Preparing Culturally Responsive Teachers: Rethinking the Curriculum”, Villegas and Lucas explain the need to move the field of teacher education for preserve teachers beyond the current superficial treatment of diversity by systematically infusing multicultural issues throughout the curriculum. The authors go on to discuss characteristics of culturally responsive teachers that can serve as the starting point for conversations among teacher educators. |