Affirmative Development
Cultivating Academic Ability
Edmund W. Gordon (Author) , Beatrice L. Bridglall (Author) , Joshua A. Aronson (Contributor) , Albert Bennett (Contributor) , Ana Marie Cauce (Contributor) , Howard T. Everson (Contributor) ,
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Affirmative Development
Cultivating Academic Ability
Edmund W. Gordon (Author) , Beatrice L. Bridglall (Author) , Joshua A. Aronson (Contributor) , Albert Bennett (Contributor) , Ana Marie Cauce (Contributor) , Howard T. Everson (Contributor) ,
- Textbook
Description
According to Gordon and Bridglall, the ability to learn is more of a developed human capacity than a fixed aptitude with which one is born. They argue that the emergence of academic ability is associated with exposure to specialized cultures that privilege the attitudes, knowledge, and skills that schools reward. Children who are born to and raised in these cultures tend to do well in school, while those who are not exposed to such cultures tend seldom rise to high levels of academic achievement. Through a collection of interesting essays, Affirmative Development: Cultivating Academic Ability attempts to address how we can deliberately develop academic ability in those children who are not raised under conditions that predispose them to develop high levels of academic ability.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Toward the Development of Intellective Character
Chapter 2 Intellective Competence: The Universal Currency in Technologically Advanced Societies
Chapter 3 Intelligence as a Socialized Phenomenon
Chapter 4 Affirmative Development as an Alternative to Affirmative Action
Chapter 5 Meritocracy and the Opportunity to Learn
Chapter 6 Cultural Experience, Academic Cultures and Academic Ability
Part 7 Part II: Affirmative Development of Academic Ability
Chapter 8 The Curriculum and Its Functions
Chapter 9 The Teaching and Learning of Intellective Competence
Chapter 10 Psychosocial Processes in the Cultivation of Intellective Competence: The Interpenetration of Affective, Cognitive, and Situative Processes in Intellective Behavior
Chapter 11 Politicalization: A Neglected Pedagogical Process
Chapter 12 The Problem of Transfer and Adaptability: Applying the Learning Sciences to the Challenge of the Acheivement Gap
Chapter 14 Task Force Report on the Affirmative Development of Academic Ability: All Students Reaching the Top: Strategies for Closing Academic Achievement Gaps
Product details
| Published | 20 Dec 2006 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 310 |
| ISBN | 9780742569485 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Series | Critical Issues in Contemporary American Education Series |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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