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The Evolution of Deficit Thinking: Educational Thought and Practice

By Richard R. Valencia

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1997
ISBN
0750706651, 9780750706650
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11428227 bytes)
Series
Stanford Education and Public Policy Series
Edition
1
Pages
287\138
Time added
2017-12-02 07:35:20
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Description

Deficit thinking refers to the notion that students, particularly low income minority students, fail in school because they and their families experience deficiencies that obstruct the leaning process (e.g. limited intelligence, lack of motivation, inadequate home socialization). Tracing the evolution of deficit thinking, the authors debunk the pseudo-science and offer more plausible explanations of why students fail.

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