Herbert J. Walberg, Olga Reyes, Roger P. Weissberg

Children and Youth

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Both the positive and the negative circumstances that confront children and young people living in cities are examined in this volume, which identifies the best researched-based solutions for improving these circumstances. The contributors explore topics such as: factors that have influenced inner-city life - migration patterns and middle-class flights from cities and ghettos; the role of coping, resources and skills in an urban family's successful management of stress; community-university partnerships that offer workable solutions to urban children and their families; and the features of homes, schools and communities that promote academic success and healthy psychological development in adverse circumstances. They also

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780761909064
• ISBN-10: 0761909060
• Artikelnr.: 37039617

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
Introduction and Overview - Herbert J Walberg, Olga Reyes and Roger P
Weissberg
PART TWO: FAMILIES
The Role of Universities in Child Development - Sharon Landesman Ramey and
Craig T Ramey
Youth and Families in the Inner City - Geraldine K Brookins, Anne C
Petersen and Lisa M Brooks
Influencing Positive Outcomes
Families and the Development of Urban Children - Patrick H Tolan and
Deborah Gorman-Smith
Urban Myth - Sam Redding
The Family in Hard Times
PART THREE: SCHOOLS
Fostering Educational Resilience in Inner-City Schools - Margaret C Wang,
Geneva D Haertel and Herbert J Walberg
The Problems and Promise of Urban Schools - William Lowe Boyd and Roger C
Shouse
Normative School Transitions among Urban Adolescents - Edward Seidman and
Sabine E French
Understanding the School Performance of Urban Blacks - John U Ogbu
Some Essential Background Knowledge
Extended Day Programs for Urban Children and Youth - Donald R Hellison and
Nicholas J Cutforth
From Theory to Practice
PART FOUR: HEALTH
A Public Health Perspective on Urban Adolescents - Kelli A Komro, Frank
Bingchang Hu and Brian R Flay
Health Perspectives on Urban Children and Youth - Robert L Johnson
Families and Health in the Urban Environment - Suzanne Feetham
Implications for Programs, Research, and Policy
PART FIVE: CONCLUSIONS
Afterword - Herbert J Wallberg et al
Strengthening the Families, Education, and Health of Urban Children and
Youth