Chicano Educational Achievement: Comparing Escuela Tlatelolco, A Chicanocentric School, and a Public High School

ISBN-13: 9780815335115 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 142 str.

Elena Aragon De McKissack

Opis

Based on the observation that schools that represent and accept the ethnic identities of students are more likely to be successful in educating those students, McKissack compares a public high school with a private school founded to serve the Chicano community in Denver, looking at such factors as

Spis treści

Chapter I: The Problem, Introduction, Background and Rationale, Statement of the Problem, Purpose of the Study, Theoretical Framework, Background of the Two Sites of the Study, The Chicano Movement, A Chicanocentric School Is Born, Questions To Be Addressed, Significance of the Study, Limitations of the Study, Definition of Terms, Chapter II: Literature Review, Ethnic Identity, Who Is the Mexican American? Self-Identification, Chicano Identity, Spanish American Identity, Mexican and Mexican American Identities, Ethnic Identity Development, School Environment, Multicultural Curriculum, Alternative Schools Chapter III: Research Methodology

O autorze

Elena Aragon de McKissack (Author)