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Slaughter, Terri – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2009
Teaching students in the inner city has been likened to hugging a porcupine--teachers nudge them toward success while getting pricked along the way. Many urban students perform below proficiency level and are difficult to manage. Their apathy toward completing class assignments, let alone homework, compounds the problem. As a whole, educators do…
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, At Risk Students, Urban Schools, Educational Environment
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Yan, Feng; Jament, Johnson – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2008
This paper quotes the qualitative data from one author's recent research (Feng, 2006, 2007) in China and the other author's ongoing PhD research in India. Both studies used multi-methods of data collection in mainstream school settings. This paper discusses the relatively under-researched topic of "quiet disaffection" of pupils with…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, Ability Grouping, Foreign Countries