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Why Afterschool Matters / Ingrid A. Nelson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Rutgers Series in Childhood StudiesPublisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (222 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813584935
  • 9780813584966
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.829/68073 23
LOC classification:
  • LC205 .N45 2017
  • LC205 .N45 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: Why Does College Matter? -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Extracurricular Activities and Pathways to College -- 2. Theorizing Educational Success and Failure -- 3. Auxiliary Influence: "It Was Fun . . . But I Don't Remember Much" -- 4. Distinguishable Influence: "It Helped Me Find My Way . . ." -- 5. Transformative Influence: "It Changed My Whole Life!" -- 6. The Differential Role of Extracurricular Activity Participation -- Appendix: Methodological Reflections -- References -- Index
Summary: Increasingly, educational researchers and policy-makers are finding that extracurricular programs make a major difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth, helping to reduce the infamous academic attainment gap between white students and their black and Latino peers. Yet studies of these programs typically focus on how they improve the average academic performance of their participants, paying little attention to individual variation. Why Afterschool Matters takes a different approach, closely following ten Mexican American students who attended the same extracurricular program in California, then chronicling its long-term effects on their lives, from eighth grade to early adulthood. Discovering that participation in the program was life-changing for some students, yet had only a minimal impact on others, sociologist Ingrid A. Nelson investigates the factors behind these very different outcomes. Her research reveals that while afterschool initiatives are important, they are only one component in a complex network of school, family, community, and peer interactions that influence the educational achievement of disadvantaged students. Through its detailed case studies of individual students, this book brings to life the challenges marginalized youth en route to college face when navigating the intersections of various home, school, and community spheres. Why Afterschool Matters may focus on a single program, but its findings have major implications for education policy nationwide.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: Why Does College Matter? -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Extracurricular Activities and Pathways to College -- 2. Theorizing Educational Success and Failure -- 3. Auxiliary Influence: "It Was Fun . . . But I Don't Remember Much" -- 4. Distinguishable Influence: "It Helped Me Find My Way . . ." -- 5. Transformative Influence: "It Changed My Whole Life!" -- 6. The Differential Role of Extracurricular Activity Participation -- Appendix: Methodological Reflections -- References -- Index

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Increasingly, educational researchers and policy-makers are finding that extracurricular programs make a major difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth, helping to reduce the infamous academic attainment gap between white students and their black and Latino peers. Yet studies of these programs typically focus on how they improve the average academic performance of their participants, paying little attention to individual variation. Why Afterschool Matters takes a different approach, closely following ten Mexican American students who attended the same extracurricular program in California, then chronicling its long-term effects on their lives, from eighth grade to early adulthood. Discovering that participation in the program was life-changing for some students, yet had only a minimal impact on others, sociologist Ingrid A. Nelson investigates the factors behind these very different outcomes. Her research reveals that while afterschool initiatives are important, they are only one component in a complex network of school, family, community, and peer interactions that influence the educational achievement of disadvantaged students. Through its detailed case studies of individual students, this book brings to life the challenges marginalized youth en route to college face when navigating the intersections of various home, school, and community spheres. Why Afterschool Matters may focus on a single program, but its findings have major implications for education policy nationwide.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021)