Showing Them That I Want Them to Learn and That I Care about Who They Are: A Microethnography of the Social Organization of a Secondary Low-Track English-Reading Classroom.

Dillon, Deborah R.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Showing Them That I Want Them to Learn and That I Care about Who They Are: A Microethnography of the Social Organization of a Secondary Low-Track English-Reading Classroom.

Dillon, Deborah R.

American Educational Research Journal, v26 n2 p227-59 Sum 1989

Field notes and interview data were triangulated with secondary data in this ethnographic study to generate a description of social organization. A partial theory of the teacher's actions in working with a predominantly Black group of 17 low-income rural high school students was devised. Teacher effectiveness in this situation is described. (SLD)

Descriptors: Black Students, Classroom Techniques, English Instruction, Ethnography, Grade 11, High School Students, High Schools, Interviews, Low Achievement, Low Income Groups, Reading, Rural Schools, Social Structure, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Role, Theories, Track System (Education)

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Language: English

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