Teaching children of the poor : an ethnographic study in Latin America /

Teaching children of the poor : an ethnographic study in Latin America / editor, Beatrice Avalos. - Ottawa, Ont., Canada : International Development Research Centre, 1986. - 175 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographies.


This is a book about teachers, and learners in poor environments offour Latin American countries; Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Venezuela. Using an ethnographic approach, the study upon which this book is basedinvolved the observation of rural and urban schools at different periodsduring a school year. These observations, together with a series of interviews, provided knowledge about processes related to failure experiencesof children during their first years in school. What emerged from the studyand is presented in this book is a picture of styles of teaching, of characteristics of teacher-pupil interactions, and of the effects, bothpositive and negative, of teacher beliefs and attitudes upon pupils' self-concept and educational attainment

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Poor children --Education --Latin America.
Education --Social aspects --Latin America.
Teaching.

372.3 AVA
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