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Gordon, Beverly M. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Today, in the era of the first African American president, approximately one third of all African Americans live in suburban communities, and their children are attending suburban schools. Although most research on the education of African American students, particularly males, focuses on their plight in urban schooling, what…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Middle Class, Suburban Schools
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Hernandez-Martinez, Paul; Black, Laura; Williams, Julian; Davis, Pauline; Pampaka, Maria; Wake, Geoff – Research Papers in Education, 2008
This paper reports how students talk about their aspirations in regard to higher education (HE) and their mathematics, what "repertoires" they use to mediate this discourse, and how students' predominant "repertoire style" relates to their cultural background. Our analyses draw on an interview sample (n=40) of students selected…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cultural Background, Mathematics Education, Academic Aspiration