"Revised, updated, and expanded edition of Framework: A cognitive approach"--Back cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-230) and index.
Contents:
Resources, Reality, and interventions -- Language and story -- Hidden rules among classes -- The situated learning reality of generational poverty -- Role models and emotional resources -- Support systems and parents -- Creating relationships -- Discipline -- Instruction and improving achievement -- Conclusion -- Appendixes.
Summary:
Takes a cognitive approach to class and generational poverty; examines and names the experiences of living in poverty, middle class, and wealth; identifies myths about poverty and wealth; details findings about interventions, resources, and causes of poverty, and emphasizes the thinking, communication, and learning patterns involved in breaking out of poverty, with case studies, resources, and more.
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