This article examines the complex ways in which teacher constructions of their experiences of teaching in a rural, disadvantaged context shape their taken-for-granted understandings of barriers to basic education. This article attempts to deconstruct these value-laden understandings of barriers to education. We draw on Foucault's notion of…

There is a growing recognition of the importance of pre-literacy skills among pre-school children. Evidence that children from relatively deprived backgrounds face poorer outcomes in speech and language development and educational achievement has led to an assertive attempt to lessen social inequalities at the earliest opportunity. The UK…

Teachers, programs, and facilities suitable to the special needs and potentialities of inner city youngsters must be provided. (Author/MK)

Presented at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting, American School Health Association, Research Council, November 9, 1968.

THE PRESENT DILEMMA OF BOSTON'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS CAUSED BY THE STUDENTS' POOR READING AND ARITHMETIC ACHIEVEMENT, A LACK OF MODERN BUILDING AND MATERIAL FACILITIES, UNREALISTIC FACULTY PROMOTION POLICIES, RACIAL CONTROVERSIES, AND A LACK OF COOPERATION BETWEEN AGENCIES AND PERSONNEL SERVING THE SCHOOLS. STUDIES REVEALED THAT BOSTON STUDENTS…

NINETEEN RECOGNIZED AUTHORITIES CONTRIBUTED TO A 3-WEEK INSTITUTE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF DISADVANTAGED DEAF CHILDREN AND TO SUGGEST THE TYPE OF CURRICULUM BEST SUITED TO THEIR NEEDS. LECTURES, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND DISCUSSIONS COVERED THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--(1) THE FAMILIAL AND PERSONAL ASPECTS OF THE CHILD, (2) ACQUISITION AND…

The 17 lessons in this book are based on transformational grammar theory, but they are not designed to teach grammar--not even transformational grammar theory. The authors have used them with students who speak a variety of non-standard English and who have previously been unsuccessful in English classes. These students would write little or…

The numbers, family status, educational disadvantages, homelife, income, and employment experience of minority youth, primarily blacks, are discussed, utilizing much supportive statistical data. After presenting the general picture, the author narrows his focus to the specific skill and training needs and deficits of minority youth from slum and…

Teachers in a rural Canadian school were surveyed about their perceptions of the characteristics of disadvantage. Teachers saw disadvantaged students as environmentally deficient children. (RB)

In this description of an unusual family, accounts are given of the later development of two sisters who had suffered severe social and emotional deprivation in infancy. The development of a half brother who was raised elsewhere is recounted, and discrepancies in development are discussed.(RH)

Reviews five previously published and one novel case history of children who suffered extreme deprivation in early childhood. Aspects of cognitive, emotional, and social development are critically appraised, and three issues central to theories about the origins of developmental disorders are addressed.(RH)

This paper details the efforts of four organizations that have been able to negotiate their environments effectively, in the hopes that the analysis provides insights into how organizations are able to establish valuable learning environments for youth in nonschool hours. The negotiation, the process of dealing with various layers of environments…