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Book SynopsisIf educational reform is to succeed, it must attend to the perspectives of students - those most directly affected by schooling but least often consulted about its efficacy. This is the premise of this book which features student perspectives on school and foregrounds student voices.
Trade ReviewThe authors urge educators to concentrate on the school's role in supporting student learning rather than on the "best practices," to concentrate on the relationship between students and teachers, and to connect change to grades, not to large scale asssessment. They also offer several other suggestions, but one that stands out is to make students participants in reform. * pol *
If education reform is to succeed, it must attend to the perspectives of those most directly affected by schooling but least often consulted about its efficacy—the students. This book features eloquently written perspectives by students about their experiences and desires for school. * Hispanic Outlook *
The volume offers a variety of useful models for co-authorship with students. * Anthropology & Education Quarterly *
In Our Own Words offers a lively and vivid account of students’ experiences within school. The students’ voices are fresh; their stories are engaging. It is should be of interest to a wide group of people concerned about education. -- Annette Lareau, Stanley I.Sheerr Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Starting Where the Learner Is: Listening to Students Chapter 2 Our World Chapter 3 Speaking Out Loud: 'Every Woman for Herself' Chapter 4 What's Your Bias? Cuts on Diversity in a Suburban Public School Chapter 5 Cutting Class: Perspectives of Urban High School Students Chapter 6 An education for what? Reflections of Two High School Seniors on School Chapter 7 Caught in the Storm of Reform: Five Student Perspectives on the Implementation of the Interactive Mathematics Program Chapter 8 Reflections: Writing and Talking about Race in Middle School Chapter 9 Writing the Wrong: Making Schools Better for Girls Chapter 10 Negotiating Worlds and Words: Writing About Students' Experiences of School
