Why Afterschool Matters / / Ingrid A. Nelson.
Increasingly, educational researchers and policy-makers are finding that extracurricular programs make a major difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth, helping to reduce the infamous academic attainment gap between white students and their black and Latino peers. Yet studies of these programs...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2016] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface: Why Does College Matter?
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Extracurricular Activities and Pathways to College
- 2. Theorizing Educational Success and Failure
- 3. Auxiliary Influence: "It Was Fun . . . But I Don't Remember Much"
- 4. Distinguishable Influence: "It Helped Me Find My Way . . ."
- 5. Transformative Influence: "It Changed My Whole Life!"
- 6. The Differential Role of Extracurricular Activity Participation
- Appendix: Methodological Reflections
- References
- Index