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Direct linkLesley Robinson – Early Childhood Folio, 2024
This article endeavours to inform early childhood education teachers about the issue of poverty. It draws on a body of literature to argue for the critical importance of teachers being reflective and reflexive in relation to children and families who face economic disadvantage. Furthermore, it contends that unless teachers are critically aware…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Poverty, Disadvantaged Environment
Luke, Allan; Woods, Annette; Dooley, Karen – Theory Into Practice, 2011
This article reframes the concept of comprehension as a social and intellectual practice. It reviews current approaches to reading instruction for linguistically and culturally diverse, indigenous and low socioeconomic students (SES), noting an emphasis on comprehension as autonomous skills. The four resources model (Freebody & Luke, 1990) is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Guerrero, Michael D.; Farruggio, Peter – Education Inquiry, 2012
The current era of neoliberal capitalism has witnessed the domination of public education by business interests which openly promote the spirit of competition among schools, educators and students through a policy of high stakes accountability for immediately measurable educational outcomes. In the USA, this policy proposes to make teacher…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Accountability, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Policy
Johnson, Vivian R. – Equity and Choice, 1991
Miles Park School views outreach to families, community groups, and businesses as necessary for educational success. Support programs in tutoring, counseling, and high school equivalency for parents are offered, while parents participate in grant-writing, instruction, and program development. Describes the school's drug prevention program. (CJS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Education
Download full textSchultz, Brian D. – Online Submission, 2006
This study discusses my attempt to improve educational experiences of fifth-grade students living in public housing. Through reconstruction of my thought processes while teaching and learning with students, the context of social justice-oriented teaching and classroom complexity is revealed. A narrative portrayal emerges demonstrating the impact…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Educational Improvement, Public Housing, Neighborhoods
Kjerland, Linda – 1998
This final report describes the activities of Project Dakota Outreach, an early education program for children with disabilities designed to assist families living in Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Empowerment and Enterprise Zones in Texas, New York, and Minnesota. The major feature of the model is power-balancing, a concept…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Disabilities
