A Vision for Their future: Urban Youth and Their Journey to College - Softcover

Dunnivan, Ph.D., Gloria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639100689 ISBN 13: 9783639100686

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Synopsis

The need for a more educated and trained workforce highlights the importance for youth to continue their education beyond high school. This is important for urban students with low socioeconomic backgrounds as they seek to improve their economic status through education; but few succeed. To gain a more emic understanding of the process, fifteen young adults told the story of their journey. Social- psychological processes emerged that helped develop a substantive theory about the support and obstacles the students had as they transitioned to postsecondary education. The substantive theory highlights the relationship between psychological and social development during the socialization process that helped in developing positive self-concepts, motivation, and to overcome nonacademic barriers created by an urban environment and low socioeconomic status. Adults and peers served as socialization agents in socializing them into a college-going culture. Based on the substantive theory, middle and high school administrators should take a leadership role in cultivating a college- going culture to increase the college-going rate of urban students.

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About the Author

Gloria A. Dunnivan, Ph.D.: B.S. in Elementary Education, M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, Ph.D. in Educational Administration, K-12 Leadership, Kent State University. Associate Director, Pre-College Programs, Kent State University, Executive Director, Portage County College Access Network.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639100689
• ISBN 13: 9783639100686
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68