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achievement gap
Author_Anindya Kundu
behavioral intervention training
capacity for learning
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cognitive behavior education class
disadvantaged backgrounds and student agency
educational inequities
educational opportunity gap
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grit and achievement gap
grit and student agency
homelessness and student achievement
low SES
marginalized students and the opportunity gap
personal growth and education
personalized learning
poverty and student outcomes
sociology of education
sociology of grit
student agency resources
student identity and marginalized communities
student outcomes
student self-motivation
student success
Product details
- ISBN 9780807763896
- Weight: 397g
- Dimensions: 152 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 17 Jul 2020
- Publisher: Teachers' College Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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How can we promote the learning and well-being of all students, especially those who come from some of the most disadvantaged backgrounds? Anindya Kundu argues that we can fight against deeply rooted inequalities in the American educational system by harnessing student agency—each person's unique capacity for positive change. To make his case, Kundu draws powerful narratives from a population of individuals who beat the odds to become academically and professionally successful. These strivers have overcome challenges such as broken families, homelessness, unexpected pregnancies, forms of abuse, incarceration, and more, to make it in the world. But it wasn't simply individualism, tenacity, resilience, or grit that helped them. Rather, as Kundu illustrates, it was a combination of social and cultural supports that paved the path towards their dreams, harnessing the inherent power of their agency.
Book Features:
- A counter-narrative to the popular misconception that all students need is "grit."
- A strengths-based approach to education that is sensitive to students' communities and cultures.
- Rich, first-person quotes from individuals who have overcome immense odds.
- Useful diagrams for educational stakeholders on the relationship between grit and agency.
- Descriptions of dense sociological concepts presented in plain terms.
- Inclusion of fundamental and new waves in psychology.
Anindya Kundu is currently a senior fellow at the City University of New York Graduate Center. His work has appeared in NPR Education, MSNBC, the Huffington Post, and he has given two TED Talks with millions of views.
