| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 152 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144) and index. |
| Contents |
PART ONE : Establishing nurturing schools. Youth at risk and student dropout -- Caring schools -- Mentoring and teacher-student relationships -- Schools with teachers as youth mentors -- -- PART TWO : Mentoring classes. Kedma's mentoring class -- Fenway's advisory class -- Summary and synthesis -- -- PART THREE : Individual teacher-student relationships. Mentor-student relationships at Kedma -- Advisor-student relationships at Fenway -- Summary and synthesis -- -- PART FOUR : Mentor support systems. Kedma's mentor support system -- Fenway's advisory support system -- Summary and synthesis -- -- PART FIVE : Summary and implications. Summary, discussion, and implications. |
| Summary |
The book describes two similar and successful models of youth mentoring used by two acclaimed urban high schools that have consistently achieved exceptional graduation rates. Providing a detailed description of their methods - based upon extensive observation, and interviews with teachers, students, administrators, and parents - this book makes a major contribution to the debate on how to reduce the achievement gap. Using similar teacher-as-youth mentor and youth advising models, these two inner city schools - Fenway High School in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Kedma School in Jerusalem - hav. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Teenagers with social disabilities -- Education (Secondary) -- United States -- Case studies.
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Teenagers with social disabilities. |
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Education, Secondary. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Mentoring in education -- United States -- Case studies.
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Mentoring in education. |
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Mentoring in education -- Israel -- Case studies.
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Israel. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ayalon, Aram, 1954- Teachers as mentors. 1st ed. Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., ©2011 9781579223106 (DLC) 2010046669 (OCoLC)688559372 |
| ISBN |
9781579226077 (electronic book) |
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1579226078 (electronic book) |
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9781579223106 |
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1579223109 |
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9781579223113 |
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1579223117 |
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1579226078 |
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9781579226084 |
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1579226086 |
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