Edited by: Margaret A. Gibson, Patricia Gándara, Jill Peterson Koyama
Publication Date: April 3, 2004
Pages: 224
This collection examines the ongoing social dynamic between peer relations and academic achievement, bringing together the latest thinking from prominent scholars in anthropology, psychology, sociology, and education. These expert contributors:
Margaret A. Gibson is Professor of Education and Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Patricia Gándara is Professor of Education at the University of California at Davis. Jill Peterson Koyama is a doctoral student in Anthropology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
“The multiple studies in this volume yield important new evidence….This work teaches us how peers become either resources or liabilities to each other and how schools can shape peer relations to either promote or discourage school success among Mexican-origin youth.”
—From the Foreword by Jeannie Oakes
“This must-read volume presents new qualitative research that further clarifies the issues related to Mexican American student academic success within the dimensions of peer relationships.”
Eugene E. Garcia, Vice President and Dean, Arizona State University
“This book should be required reading for any educator or scholar who wants to realistically understand the complex and critical forces contributing to our students’ future.”
Patricia Phelan, Director, Educational Connections
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