Power of Student Agency

Looking Beyond Grit to Close the Opportunity Gap

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

AvAnindya Kundu

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How can we promote the learning and well-being of all students, especially those who come from some of the most disadvantaged backgrounds? Anindya Kundu argues that we can fight against deeply rooted inequalities in the American educational system by harnessing student agency—each person's unique capacity for positive change. To make his case, Kundu draws powerful narratives from a population of individuals who beat the odds to become academically and professionally successful. These strivers have overcome challenges such as broken families, homelessness, unexpected pregnancies, forms of abuse, incarceration, and more, to make it in the world. But it wasn't simply individualism, tenacity, resilience, or grit that helped them. Rather, as Kundu illustrates, it was a combination of social and cultural supports that paved the path towards their dreams, harnessing the inherent power of their agency.Book Features:A counter-narrative to the popular misconception that all students need is "grit."A strengths-based approach to education that is sensitive to students' communities and cultures. Rich, first-person quotes from individuals who have overcome immense odds.Useful diagrams for educational stakeholders on the relationship between grit and agency.Descriptions of dense sociological concepts presented in plain terms.Inclusion of fundamental and new waves in psychology.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-07-17
Mått149 x 223 x 15 mm
Vikt260 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
FörlagTeachers' College Press
MedarbetareNoguera,PedroA.
ISBN9780807763889

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ForewordAcknowledgmentsPrologue: Welcome to "American Dilemmas"Introduction: From Seeing Roses in Concrete to Believing Schools Are Gardens1. Rugged Individualism and the Co-Option of GritIndividual Outcomes are Largely Products of "Social and Cultural Reproduction"Swim Tests and Afro-PuffsGetting to Agency: Limitations of Grit in Fully Explaining Achievement 2. Agency as a Foundational Sociological ConceptA Classic Sociological Debate and Finding a Balance through Grit and AgencyStudying Exceptional Cases to Broaden the Understanding of Disadvantage Agency Re-Defined and Operationalized3. The Home and FamilyParenting Amidst Structural Limitations"Growing Up Too Soon": Immense Responsibilities and Nuanced Effects on AgencyYoung Parents: An Amplifying Effect on Agency and Grit Conclusion4. The Social Environment and School SettingsSocial and Cultural Capital Revisited: Essential Ingredients to SuccessMentors and Networks: Improving Students' Worldviews, Senses of Self, and Help-Seeking BehaviorsConclusion5. The Ever-Evolving HumanPurpose: A Component of Passion and a Basis for Developing Grit and Agency Giving Back to Make Positive Change: A Form of Positive ResistanceFaith: Reaffirms Purpose, Hones Focus and Fuels AgencyMental Health, Wellness and Fulfilment Benefit from Monitoring and Social Supports Understanding Burnout from a Social PerspectiveGuided Self-Reflection can Help a Person Re-Realize Their Passions and AgencyConclusion6. Conclusion: Fighting the Normalization of FailureShifting Paradigms About What's PossibleRecommendations for Fostering Grit and AgencyAppendix: Positionality, Research Design, and Conceptual FrameworkWhy I ResearchResearch PositionalityMethodologyAddressing Limitations and Looking ForwardParticipant Reference TablePhotosReferencesIndexAbout the Author

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