Thinking Themselves Free: Research on the Literacy of Teen Mothers

by Cynthia Miller Coffel

Thinking Themselves Free presents humane, tender portraits of a small group of teen mothers trying to finish high school, and describes the ways in which reading, writing, and schooling shaped these young women's lives. The book suggests ways in which deeply held ideas about class, appropriate gender roles, and the expression of emotion in school affect educators' relationships with students who are different from the middle-class norm. Teachers of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433109727
• ISBN13: 9781433109720
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 169 Pages