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Research on the impact of social class variables on experiences of adolescents as they transition to middle school.
Addressing the issues of educational equity and social class diversity, Donna Marie San Antonio documents the challenges adolescents face when making the transition from elementary school to middle school. The book explores the values, resources, and ways of interacting that students from diverse economic backgrounds bring from their families and communities, and how they are enabled or discouraged from integrating these assets in their new school environment.
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of People
Introduction: Social Class and Adjustment to School in Rural Places
1. A Methodology for Research with Young Students
Part I—The Towns
Introduction
2. Hillside—On the Way to Somewhere Else
3. Lakeview—Journey's End
Conclusion
Part II—The School and its Teachers and Students
Introduction
4. Mountainview Middle School
5. Sixth Grade Hopes, Seventh Grade Discoveries
6. A Transition for Parents and Teachers
7. Classrooms, Teams, and Teaching Styles
8. How Students Shape Less-Structured Environments
Conclusion
Part III—The Emotional, Participatory, and Academic Realms of Students' Lives
Introduction
9. Peer, Home, and School Self-Esteem
10. Extracurricular Participation
11. Ability Grouping
12. Success and Struggle in the Transition to Middle School
13. Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
Appendix 1. Comparisons of Educational and Economic Factors
Appendix 2. Rubric for Defining Socioeconomic Status Categories
Appendix 3. Recommendations of the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development
Appendix 4. Student Questionnaire
Appendix 5. Table of Self-Esteem Means
Appendix 6. Student Participation Survey
Appendix 7. Town and Gender Comparisons of California Achievement Test Scores
Notes
References
Index