Conversational Borderlands: Talk with Troubled Teens in an Urban School

by Betsy Rymes

Book Overview

This groundbreaking study of an innovative charter school is the first to look closely at adolescent identity by analyzing the language of narratives told in school. The author helps us to understand why adolescents sometimes make choices that seem incomprehensible to the adults who work with them. This unique book links issues of school reform to a close analysis of language and interaction within a school to help us understand the needs and desires...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807741299
• ISBN13: 9780807741290
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.0"