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Reconstructing 'Dropout': A Critical Ethnography of the Dynamics of Black Students' Disengagement from School

Reconstructing 'Dropout': A Critical Ethnography of the Dynamics of Black Students' Disengagement from School

Dei, George J. Sefa
McIsaac, Elizabeth
Mazzuca, Josephine

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AnthropologyGeneral Education

ISBN10: 080208060X
ISBN13: 9780802080608
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: Dec 27 1997
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.94 Depth: 8.92
Language: English

As many as one million untrained youths will enter the Canadian labour market by the year 2000. And yet, 60 per cent of jobs being created in Canada require at least a high school education. The drop-out rate is one of the most crucial issues that Canadian educators face.

Traditionally, we have pinned dropping out on individual failure or specific situations such as pregnancy, substance abuse, and family troubles. The authors of this book suggest that the problem is more complex. Race, class, gender, and other forms of social difference can affect how education is delivered. For Black students, whose drop-out rate is disproportionately high, race is a key element in disengagement. The authors turn to the experiences of Black and non-Black students, teachers, parents, and community workers to try and reconstruct the social, structural, and institutional practices that lead Black youth to lose interest in and leave school.

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