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Direct linkVavrus, Frances – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2015
This article explores the concept of "cleverness" as it is employed by Tanzanian youth to improve their likelihood of succeeding in school. It analyzes the Swahili term "ujanja," which combines cleverness, opportunism, and deception, while it also illustrates an educational anthropologist's ongoing process of familiarization…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Improvement, Success, Longitudinal Studies
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
