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ERIC Number: EJ508274
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Building on the Strengths of Urban Learners.
Williams, Belinda; Newcombe, Ellen
Educational Leadership, v51 n8 p75-78 May 1994
The Urban Learner Framework stresses four themes: the importance of students' cultural strengths and learning experiences, culture's influence on cognitive development, the importance of motivation and effort, and resilience as a characteristic of urban learners. Barriers to change include belief systems, district size, regulations, multiple reforms, and time constraints. (20 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Program Descriptions, Student Characteristics, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Research for Better Schools Inc; Resilience (Personality); Urban Learner Framework