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Democratic Discord in Schools: Cases and Commentaries in Educational Ethics
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Levinson, Meira, Ed.; Fay, Jacob, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2019
Teaching in a democracy is challenging and filled with dilemmas that have no easy answers. For example, how do educators meet their responsibilities of teaching civic norms and dispositions while remaining nonpartisan? "Democratic Discord in Schools" features eight normative cases of complex dilemmas drawn from real events designed to…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizenship Education, Problem Solving, Cooperation
Handbook on Gangs in Schools: Strategies To Reduce Gang-Related Activities.
Lal, Shirley R.; And Others – 1993
This handbook shares some practical and conceptual knowledge about gangs in schools and suggests some strategies for coping with gang problems in schools. A radical approach is proposed which advocates assimilating gangs into the fabric of daily school life. The strategies were derived from two formal studies conducted from 1982 to 1990 on Los…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Educational Environment
Gangs in Schools: Signs, Symbols, and Solutions.
Goldstein, Arnold P.; Kodluboy, Donald W. – 1998
The first part of this book describes juvenile gangs in schools and provides information to help recognize gang presence. The second part focuses on effective interventions to deal with the gang problem. An introduction describes the history and current status of youth gangs in the United States to set the stage for the subsequent exploration of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
School Violence.
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Hinkle, William G., Ed.; Henry, Stuart, Ed. – Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2000
This volume presents papers from a 1998 conference on school violence in Valparaiso, Indiana. The papers include: "What is School Violence? An Integrated Definition" (Stuart Henry); "Violence in Schools: Rage against a Broken World" (J. Scott Staples); "Listening to What the Streets Say: Vengeance as Ideology?" (Ralph…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conflict Resolution, Delinquency, Drug Abuse
Adolescent Education: A Reader. Adolescent Cultures, School and Society. Volume 45
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DeVitis, Joseph L., Ed.; Irwin-DeVitis, Linda, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2010
Written by a prominent array of scholars and practitioners, this book elucidates the complexities, contradictions, and confusion surrounding adolescence in American culture and education. For too long, harmful public myths and lies have portrayed teenagers as a principal cause of our nation's social ills. Similar unfair charges have been lodged…
Descriptors: Caring, African Americans, Females, Democracy
Gangs and Schools.
Arthur, Richard; Erickson, Edsel – 1992
This book explores the U.S. gang problem, based on the author's 35 years of experience as a high school and junior high school teacher, principal, and community organizer in Oakland and Los Angeles (California). Chapters discuss the subculture of gang worlds, reasons why youth are attracted to gangs, how educators can reach out to students, the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Role, Delinquency
Angry Young Men: How Parents, Teachers, and Counselors Can Help "Bad Boys" Become Good Men.
Kipnis, Aaron – 1999
This book examines conceivable links between young male criminality and physical, emotional, or sexual abuse; lack of mentoring by older males; the inculcation of shame by adults; child poverty and neglect; social and political disenfranchisement; inappropriate, inadequate, and ineffectual education; spiritual impoverishment; father absence; lack…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Athletics, Child Abuse, Child Neglect