Playing the Game and Paying the Price: Academic Resilience among Three High-Achieving African American Males

Autor/in	Gayles, Jonathan
Titel	Playing the Game and Paying the Price: Academic Resilience among Three High-Achieving African American Males
Quelle	In: Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 36 (2005) 3, S.250-264 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-7761
DOI	10.1525/aeq.2005.36.3.250
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Personality Traits; High Achievement; African American Students; Males; Academic Achievement; High School Seniors; Ethnography; Interviews; First Generation College Students; Personal Narratives; Portfolio Assessment; Profiles; Coping; Goal Orientation; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Schulleistung; Ethnografie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Erlebniserzählung; Portfoliobeurteilung; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Bewältigung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung
Abstract	This article examines themes of academic resilience in the descriptions of academic achievement by three students at Benjamin High School, one of the least affluent high schools in Bayside, Florida. Through ethnographically informed interviews conducted during their senior year, coherent themes emerge that provide insight into these students' resilience. I argue that the students diminished the degree to which academic achievement separated them from their peers, in addition to situating achievement in a utilitarian fashion. Ultimately, acting on the notion of academic achievement in this manner positively impacted their resilience. (Contains 3 notes.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	University of California Press. Available from: AnthroSource. 2000 Center Street Suite 303, Berkeley, CA 94704-1223. Fax: 510-642-9917; e-mail: contact@anthrosource.net; Web site: http://www.anthrosource.net/loi/aeq.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10