Without a Margin for Error

Urban Immigrant English Language Learners in Stem
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-37614-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 131, 158 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education

In Without a Margin for Error, the author chronicles the journeys of young adults in an under-served urban community who are new to the English language into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related) fields from high school through college. He distills lessons, themes, and policy recommendations from the trails blazed by these students toward altering the status quo around college access and STEM success for often-marginalized but highly resilient young adults with much to contribute to their new nation, their communities, and the world. While drawing on a critical ethnography of over three dozen inspiring young adults, seven students are chronicled in greater depth to bring to life crucial conversations for redefining college readiness, access, and success in STEM fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

B Heyman, Jeremy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Affektive, soziale und ethische Ziele in der Erziehung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Christopher Emdin

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

1 Vignettes

2 Introducing the Purpose and the Ethnographe

3 The School and Student Context

4 The Students and Their Journeys

5 Engaging and Persisting in STEM: Shaping the Transition to College

6 Tying the Roots Together: Conclusions, Implications, and Future Directions for Building stem Trajectories

References

Über Autor(innen)

Jeremy B. Heyman, Ph.D. (2016), Columbia University, is a STEM, college access, and data specialist at ELLIS, a public high school in the Bronx, NY, where he was a founding teacher. His interests include STEM outreach and forging novel pipelines into STEM-related fields.