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McLaughlin, Milbrey W. – Harvard Education Press, 2018
"You Can't Be What You Can't See" presents a rare longitudinal account of the benefits of a high-quality, out-of-school program on the life trajectories of hundreds of poor, African American youth who grew up in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project in the 1980s and early '90s. The result of a five-year research project by…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Poverty, At Risk Persons, African Americans
Olson, Steve; Labov, Jay – National Academies Press, 2014
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) permeate the modern world. The jobs people do, the foods they eat, the vehicles in which they travel, the information they receive, the medicines they take, and many other facets of modern life are constantly changing as STEM knowledge steadily accumulates. Yet STEM education in the United…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Conferences (Gatherings), Conventional Instruction, After School Programs
Vered, Karen Orr – Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
Karen Orr Vered demonstrates how children's media play contributes to their acquisition of media literacy. Theorizing after-school care as intermediary space, a large-scale ethnographic study informs this theory-rich and practical discussion of children's media use beyond home and classroom.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Media Literacy, Mass Media Use