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    Stories of school life: Perceptions by Hispanic, Yaqui, and Anglo middle school girls at risk.

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    Author
    Colfer, Patricia Ann.
    Issue Date
    1990
    Advisor
    Richardson, Virginia
    
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    The University of Arizona.
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    During recent years the education community has focused time, energy and research funds on addressing the problem of dropout students. If students are to remain in school, then educators need information from at risk students before they make the decision to withdraw. The purpose of this descriptive research was to gather information about the meaning of school from nine eighth grade middle school girls at risk. The girls represent three ethnic groups: Hispanic, Yaqui, and Anglo. The issues of culture, as well as gender and early adolescence were information areas targeted in the research design. During the first semester of the 1986-87 school year these girls told their stories of how they viewed school and their personal lives. Data collection utilized taped unstructured interviews, participant observation, journal writing, record collection and special information gathering writings. Numerous patterns emerged including past academic history, grade retention, academic interests and strengths, school survival techniques, maternal relationships, friendships, neglect, corruption, abuse, and personal addiction, to name but a few. Administration and staff were also interviewed to discover the meaning of at risk as held by individuals in one school. Teachers and counselors also commented on particular female students participating in this research. The data analysis disclosed that for all but one girl, school held no binding power. Attendance for the most part was based on the girls' need for escape from home, relief of boredom, finding friends, creating excitement, and experimentation with adult behaviors. The report offers suggestions to the research community and practitioners interested in redesigning middle level education to meet the needs of all female students, and concerned enough to examine practices which may contribute to a young girl's school failure.
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    Ph.D.
    Degree Level
    doctoral
    Degree Program
    Teaching and Teacher Education
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    University of Arizona
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