The impact of competition on the ability of public schools to develop resiliency in abused and neglected children
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Gerald Wade Neal (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Ulrich Reitzug
Abstract: "The dissertation will use an auto-ethnographical approach to the issues that surround the development of resiliency in abused and neglected children, with a focus on competition in schools and its effects on these children. An autoethnography is a genre of writing that features first-person accounts, aesthetic descriptions, dialogue, and self-consciousness to connect the personal and the cultural within a particular social context. Competition is best described as the elevation of one child over another, creating adversarial relationships that threaten cooperation and ideal learning conditions. Abused and neglected children's needs are not met in environments where they are forced to compete with children from more stable, nurturing homes. Comprising an estimated 10 to 15 percent of all students, abused and neglected children need communication and cooperation to establish resiliency, the network of protective factors that all need to overcome adversity. Because educational leaders and politicians never question the assumptions around competition, competitive practices such as awards ceremonies, high-stakes testing, athletics, and other forms of student differentiation are challenged. The reader is introduced to abused and neglected children from the author's perspective as an abused child and school administrator and asked to rethink how our competitive school system is leaving so many needy children behind. Support from numerous sources, pedagogical practices, teacher training, and curricular modifications are presented."--Abstract from author supplied metadata.
The impact of competition on the ability of public schools to develop resiliency in abused and neglected children
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 2006
- Keywords
- autoethnography, child development, resiliency, abuse, neglect, children, schools, child abuse
- Subjects
- Children with social disabilities--Education
- Abused children--Education