Urban Abstraction in a Central City High School.

Bettis, Pamela J.

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ERIC Number: EJ538683

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Urban Abstraction in a Central City High School.

Bettis, Pamela J.

Urban Review, v28 n4 p309-35 Dec 1996

A qualitative case study explored the perceptions of 37 urban secondary school students and 12 teachers about their school and community. Teachers and students worked in a landscape characterized as one of "urban abstraction," a term that helps explain the complex and contradictory fabric of current urban life. (SLD)

Descriptors: Alienation, Apathy, Case Studies, Cultural Isolation, High School Students, High Schools, Inner City, Secondary School Teachers, Social Isolation, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Urban Education, Urban Problems, Urban Schools, Urban Youth

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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