Boykin, A. Wade, and Pedro Noguera. Creating the Opportunity to Learn Moving from Research to Practice to Close the Achievement Gap. Alexandria, Va.: ASCD, 2011. 231. Print.
In Creating the Opportunity to Learn, Wade Boykin and Pedro Noguera help illustrate the unfortunate reality of the achievement gap.Alfred Wade Boykin is an American psychology professor known for his work in the field of education. He is currently member of the faculty of Howard University. Pedro Noguera is the Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University. Dr. Noguera is a sociologist whose scholarship and research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions. These authors use graphs to show evidence like students’ …show more content…
R. Brian Howe is a professor in the Department of Political Science and director of the Children’s Rights Centre at Cape Breton University. Katherine Covell is a professor in the Department of Psychology and executive director of the Children’s Rights Centre at Cape Breton University. The authors claim socially disadvantaged students nationwide suffer from lower levels of educational achievement, which leads to unfavorable long-term outcomes in employment and health. The authors conducted a lot of research in disciplines from sociology and policy studies to neuroscience and educational psychology. Education in the Best Interests of the Child addresses this ongoing issue, which disturbs not only the fundamental of equal educational opportunity, but also the vast principle of what’s in the best interests for the child. The authors suggest three types of reform that can help close the achievement gap: the action of preschool programming in formal education; the improvement of classroom and school practices, for example, training and recruiting high-quality teachers and administrators; and changing school cultures to make education constant with the basic rights and interests of children. Howe’s and Covell’s argument is very strong, but computer-based learning interventions and new technologies will play an important part in future education practices, however Howe and Covell’s work makes it plain and simple that the achievement gap will only grow if education policy fails to solve for socio-economic disadvantage and negative school cultures. This book contributes to my research because it gives specific directions that can help close the achievement
In Creating the Opportunity to Learn, Wade Boykin and Pedro Noguera help illustrate the unfortunate reality of the achievement gap.Alfred Wade Boykin is an American psychology professor known for his work in the field of education. He is currently member of the faculty of Howard University. Pedro Noguera is the Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University. Dr. Noguera is a sociologist whose scholarship and research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions. These authors use graphs to show evidence like students’ …show more content…
R. Brian Howe is a professor in the Department of Political Science and director of the Children’s Rights Centre at Cape Breton University. Katherine Covell is a professor in the Department of Psychology and executive director of the Children’s Rights Centre at Cape Breton University. The authors claim socially disadvantaged students nationwide suffer from lower levels of educational achievement, which leads to unfavorable long-term outcomes in employment and health. The authors conducted a lot of research in disciplines from sociology and policy studies to neuroscience and educational psychology. Education in the Best Interests of the Child addresses this ongoing issue, which disturbs not only the fundamental of equal educational opportunity, but also the vast principle of what’s in the best interests for the child. The authors suggest three types of reform that can help close the achievement gap: the action of preschool programming in formal education; the improvement of classroom and school practices, for example, training and recruiting high-quality teachers and administrators; and changing school cultures to make education constant with the basic rights and interests of children. Howe’s and Covell’s argument is very strong, but computer-based learning interventions and new technologies will play an important part in future education practices, however Howe and Covell’s work makes it plain and simple that the achievement gap will only grow if education policy fails to solve for socio-economic disadvantage and negative school cultures. This book contributes to my research because it gives specific directions that can help close the achievement