Exploring Urban Teachers' and Administrators' Conceptions of At-Riskness. CIERA Report [electronic resource] / Patricia A. Edwards, Jennifer C. Danridge and Heather M. Pleasants.

This paper explores the concept of "at-riskness" as defined by Head Start and elementary school professionals who work together in the same building. Using Bruner's (1996) idea of "folk theories," the authors show that the two groups' theories of at-riskness conflict an...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Edwards, Patricia A.
Corporate Author:	Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
Other Authors:	Danridge, Jennifer C., Pleasants, Heather M.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000.
Subjects:	Administrator Attitudes. Elementary Education. Family Environment. High Risk Students. Interviews. Parent Participation. Preschool Education. Teacher Attitudes. Teacher Response. Teaching Methods. Urban Education.