Educational Resiliency: Student, Teacher, and School Perspectives

Educational Resiliency: Student, Teacher, and School Perspectives
ISBN-10
1607528568
ISBN-13
9781607528562
Category
Education
Pages
289
Language
English
Published
2006-04-01
Publisher
IAP
Authors
Hersch C. Waxman, Yolanda N. Padron, Jon P. Gray

Description

This book is the first volume in the series Research in Educational Diversity and Excellence. The purpose of the present book is to summarize and discuss recent perspectives, research, and practices related to educational resilience. There are three distinct parts of the book. The first part, "Conceptual Issues and Reviews of Research," focuses on issues related to defining resiliency as well as reviewing classical and recent studies in the area of educational resiliency. Part II, "Studies of Students’ Resiliency," focuses on recent resiliency findings including methodological issues and implications of individual and school-level resilience. The final part, "Schools, Programs, and Communities that Enhance Resiliency," concentrates primarily on interventions and instructional programs that foster resiliency in youth and the schools they attend.

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