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Reconstructing 'Dropout' by Elizabeth McIsaac, George J. Sefa Dei, George Jerry Sefa Dei, Jasmin Zine, Josephine Mazzuca (1997, Paperback) 
Reconstructing 'Dropout' by Elizabeth McIsaac, George J. Sefa Dei, George Jerry Sefa Dei, Jasmin Zine, Josephine Mazzuca (1997, Paperback)

 
Reconstructing 'Dropout' by Elizabeth McIsaac, George J. Sefa Dei, George Jerry Sefa Dei, Jasmin Zine, Josephine Mazzuca (1997, Paperback)

Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr
Publication Date: 1997-11-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 080208060X
ISBN-13: 9780802080608
Product ID: EPID1648219
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Publication Date:1997-11-01

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Length:288 pages
Height:9.3 in
Width:6.5 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:12.0 oz

Publisher's Note
As Many As One Million Untrained Youths Will Enter The Canadian labour market by the year 2000. And yet, sixty percent of jobs being created in Canada require at least a high-school education. The dropout rate is one of the most crucial issues that Canadian educators face. Traditionally, we have pinned dropout on individual failure or specific situations such as pregnancy, substance abuse, and family troubles. The authors of this book suggest that the problem is more complex. Race, class, gender, and other forms of social difference can affect how education is delivered. For Black students, whose dropout rate is disproportionately high, race is a key element in disengagement. The authors turn to the experiences of Black and non-Black students, teachers, parents, and community workers to try and reconstruct the social, structural, and institutional practices that lead Black youth to lose interest and leave school. Based on a three-year study in the greater Toronto area, Reconstructing 'Dropout' establishes a new frame of reference for understanding the dilemma. It is a call for social action and transformation that should not be ignored by researchers, teachers, administrators, and the Black community at large.

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