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Honig, Michal; Porat, Dan – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2019
We examined the response of high school students in Israel to biographical texts. Students were exposed to three sub-genres of biographical texts (a literary-biographical text, an autobiographical text and a scientific-biographical text). These texts all differ from the conceptual schema of ordinary school texts. The data were collected from 64…
Descriptors: Biographies, High School Students, Literary Genres, Autobiographies
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Christodoulou, Michael; Spyridakis, Manos – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2017
Habitus dislocation is a much debatable term. By presenting life-histories of working-class adolescents, this article argues (i) that not all upwardly mobile working-class adolescents experience habitus dislocation and, (ii) that habitus dislocation has its roots in the self-initiated ruptures that face some of those who want to be upwardly mobile…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Personality Traits, Social Mobility, Working Class
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Hong, Huang-Yao; Lin-Siegler, Xiaodong – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
How does learning about scientists' struggles during their scientific knowledge building affect students' science learning? Two hundred and seventy-one high school students were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: (a) the struggle-oriented background information (n = 90) condition, which presented students with stories about 3 scientists'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 10, Physics
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Alvarez, Patricia – History Teacher, 2008
Biography has a proven track record of exciting interest in historical events. Barbara Tuchman used it extensively in her best-selling histories, considering it a "vehicle to carry the larger subject," something that "encompasses the universal in a particular... representative." Others favor biography because it "humanizes history," "personalizes…
Descriptors: Biographies, Role Playing, Class Activities, Student Attitudes
Tierney, William G., Ed.; Colyar, Julia E., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2006
This book documents a year in the life of five adolescents preparing for college. The text examines the different pathways that brought these students to where they are: living in poverty, attending overcrowded schools, and the pressure to be the first in their families to attend college are just a few of the challenges these students must battle…
Descriptors: High School Students, Access to Education, Student Characteristics, Higher Education
Kincheloe, Joe L., Ed.; Hayes, Kecia, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2007
This book examines the maligned students who populate urban schools and finds a talented group of resilient young people who deserve the support of the larger society. The editors and authors explore the ways such students are undermined, in the process developing new ways of teaching based on an understanding and appreciation of them.…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Teaching Methods, Urban Schools, Urban Education