The multiple faces of agency : : innovative strategies for effecting change in urban school contexts / / Alberto J. Rodriguez (editor).

• Superior document: New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education ; Volume 11
• TeilnehmendeR: Rodríguez, Alberto J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: New directions in mathematics and science education ; Volume 11.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Connecting Traditional Ecological Knowledge and WesternScience /; A Commentary on Pauline Chinn’s Connecting Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Science /; A Response to Tobin’s Commentary /; Students Acting as Change Agents in Culturally Diverse Schools /; Commentary on Rodriguez, Zozakiewicz and Yerrick’s Students Acting as Change Agents in Culturally Diverse Schools /; Response to Shaw’s Commentary /; Structuring Success in Science Labs /; A Commentary on Kenneth Tobin’s Structuring Success in Science Labs /; A Response to Wolff-Michael Roth’s Commentary /; Agency and Passivity /; Commentary on Wolff-Michael Roth’s Agency and Passivity /; A Response to Pauline Chinn’s Commentary /; Standards-Based Science for English Language Learners /; Commentary on Jerome Shawa’s Standards-Based Science for English Language Learners /; Response to Angela Barton’s Commentary /; Co-Opting Science /; A Commentary on Angela Barton and Loaiza Ortiz’ Seeing and Rethinking the Daily Agency of Urban Girls /; A Response to Zozakiewicz’ Commentary /; About the Authors /; Index /; New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9087904371
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alberto J. Rodriguez (editor).

This timely edited volume examines the education of children and youth in urban settings and offers compelling alternatives for successfully engaging them in school learning. Urban schools serve a large proportion of students who are poor, of color, and speakers of languages other than English. The multiple faces of agency: Innovative strategies for effecting change in urban school contexts is a new and significant addition to the literature in urban education. The editor of the book and contributing scholars are to be commended for assembling such an exciting collection of innovative research for publication. The volume’s central message - the power of human agency - may help transform teaching and learning in urban schools. If this happens, urban school children and youth, who deserve better than they have received to date, stand to benefit the most from this work.