Pivotal Moments

Author: Roberta Espinoza
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1612501192

Pivotal Moments: How Educators Can Put All Students on the Path to College

For many students, making their way to higher education requires more than hard work and determination. Download Pivotal Moments: How Educators Can Put All Students on the Path to College from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Low-income minority students who overcome obstacles to achieve academic success have usually encountered at least one college-educated adult in their schooling who took the initiative to reach out to them and provide concrete academic guidance.

In this book, sociologist Roberta Espinoza introduces the idea of pivotal moments interventions that point the way toward college, particularly for students from working-class or ethnic minority backgrounds. These pivotal encounters and the relationships that spring from them can help students accumulate procedural knowledge about attending college (cultural capital) and interpersonal support Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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