What's Race Got To Do With It?: A Historical Inquiry Into The Impact Of Color-Blind Reform On Racial Inequality In America's Public Schools,
2010
Antioch University - PhD Program in Leadership and Change
What's Race Got To Do With It?: A Historical Inquiry Into The Impact Of Color-Blind Reform On Racial Inequality In America's Public Schools, Lillian Dowdell Drakeford
Antioch University Dissertations & Theses
This dissertation examines the history and impact of color-blind educational reform in the post-Brown era on racial inequality of educational opportunities and outcomes in America's public schools. Through the lens of critical race theory and race critical theory, the dissertation employs a dual analysis. A macro analysis of the evolution and impact of colorblind educational reform on the national level is juxtaposed with a micro, case-study analysis of the history of color-blind educational reform at a historically Black high school. The historical analysis of the relationship between race and education encompasses intellectual and social aspects of education in the U.S. …
Using An Apprenticeship Framework In Developing Adolescents' Reading Literacy / Noosha Mehdian,
2010
Universiti Malaya
Using An Apprenticeship Framework In Developing Adolescents' Reading Literacy / Noosha Mehdian, Noosha Mehdian
Student Works (2010-2019)
Due to the increase in complexity and format of texts in this information age, rising numbers of adolescents face reading literacy problems. This exploratory study was conducted to see how these adolescents can be nurtured as apprentices to become strategic and independent readers. They were engaged in different dimensions of an apprenticeship framework and metacognitive conversation that draw on the learning theories implicit in Social Constructivism. The subjects were six selected cases among a group of pre-university language learners at a language center. They were at intermediate level of proficiency, from a variety of native language backgrounds. Using a mixed …
