{"product_id":"a-focus-on-hope-9780761852711","title":"A Focus on Hope","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the course of ten years, this extensive qualitative study focused on the academic resilience phenomenon. The research delves into the educational resilience experiences of fifty low socioeconomic students of color from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds. In addition to chronicling specific protective factors and processes active in the students'' lives, several symbiotic relationships between groups of protective factors are documented and explored. A Resilience Cycle theory, which was chronicled in previous works of the authors, is used as a framework to view essential elements of the students'' academic success. Ultimately, the data and findings are used to propose practical suggestions for promoting academic resilience in at-risk youth nationwide. Furthermore, because one author specializes in education and the other in psychology, both of these disciplines are brought to bear on this crucial and understudied topic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1  Chapter 1: Introduction  Chapter 2  Chapter 2: Meeting the Students and Capturing their Stories  Chapter 3  Chapter 3: The Resilience Cycle: An Overview  Chapter 4  Chapter 4: The Cycle in Context: Spoke 1 Recognizing Reality  Chapter 5  Chapter 5: The Cycle in Context: Spoke 2 Manifesting Help  Chapter 6  Chapter 6: The Cycle in Context: Spoke 3 Synthesizing Resources  Chapter 7  Chapter 7: The Cycle in Context: Spoke 4 Evaluating and Enhancing  Chapter 8  Chapter 8: The Cycle in Context: Spoke 5 Developed Habits and Goals  Chapter 9  Chapter 9: Facilitating Resilience: Practical Implications  Chapter 10 References  Chapter 11 Index  Chapter 12 Appendix A: Resilient Students' Demographic Information  Chapter 13 Appendix B: The Resilience Cycle  Chapter 14 Appendix C: Resilient Students' Institutional Data  Chapter 15 Appendix D: Resilient Students and Major Protective Factors  Chapter 16 Appendix E: Major Psychological Stressors Associated with Academic Achievement  Chapter 17 Appendix F: Individual Student Demographics (N=50)","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037858660695,"sku":"9780761852711","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761852711.jpg?v=1750937869","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-focus-on-hope-9780761852711","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}