Conversational Borderlands: Language and Identity in an Alternative Urban High School (Language & Literacy Series) - Softcover

Rymes, Betsy

 
9780807741290: Conversational Borderlands: Language and Identity in an Alternative Urban High School (Language & Literacy Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0807741299 ISBN 13: 9780807741290
Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2001

Synopsis

This groundbreaking study of an innovative charter school is the first to look closely at adolescent identity by analyzing the language of narratives told in school. The author helps us to understand why adolescents sometimes make choices that seem incomprehensible to the adults who work with them. This unique book links issues of school reform to a close analysis of language and interaction within a school to help us understand the needs and desires of some of today’s diverse adolescent students. Both compelling and illuminating, this important book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the human effects (and not just the resultant test scores) of school reform.

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About the Author

Betsy Rymes is assistant professor in the Department of Language Education at the University of Georgia.

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Publisher
Teachers College Press
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807741299
ISBN 13 
9780807741290
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
204

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9780807741306: Conversational Borderlands: Language and Identity in an Alternative Urban High School (Language and Literacy Series)

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ISBN 10:  0807741302 ISBN 13:  9780807741306
Publisher: Teachers' College Press, 2001
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