"This School Is My Sanctuary": The Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Alternative High School. JSRI Working Paper No. 57

Autor/in	Antrop-Gonzalez, Rene
Institution	Michigan State University, Julian Samora Research Institute
Titel	"This School Is My Sanctuary": The Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Alternative High School. JSRI Working Paper No. 57
Quelle	(2003), (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Personal Narratives; Educational Environment; Effective Schools Research; Hispanic American Students; Institutional Characteristics; Institutional Research; Interviews; Teacher Student Relationship; Affirmative Action; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Erlebniserzählung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schulforschung; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Institutionelle Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Recent studies and personal narratives suggest a connection between the low academic achievement of Latina/o students in the United States to the lack of care they experience in schools. The author reports on a study he conducted of the Chicago-based Pedro Albizu Campos Alternative High School, focusing on the experiences of its students and teachers. He found that for a school to be effective for Latina/o students and other students of color, it must become a "sanctuary" in that the school fosters student-teacher caring relationships, provides a familial type environment to ensure that its students are not marginalized, provides a gang-free safe space, and affirms students' racial and ethnic identities. The purpose of this article, then, is threefold. First, the author briefly describes the high school. Second, he highlights students' voices and their descriptions of the "school as sanctuary" concept. Third, he describes the teachers' experiences pertaining to their difficult task of maintaining the high school as a sanctuary for its students. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Julian Samora Research Institute. 301 Nisbet Building, MSU, 1407 South Harrison Road, East Lansing, MI 48823-5286. Tel: 517-432-1317; Fax: 517-432-2221; e-mail: jsamorai@msu.edu; Web site: http://www.jsri.msu.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10