A Culture of Refusal: The Lives and

Offers case studies of children who have dropped out of school, including child migrant agricultural laborers and children with social disabilities.

Brett Elizabeth Blake is Associate Chair of the Department of Early Childhood, Childhood and Adolescent Education at St. John's University in New York City.

Foreword

ix

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction

1

(6)

Rationale, Contexts, and Methodology Issues of Access and Studying the Other

7

(12)

Theoretical Review: Adolescent Culture and the Culture of Refusal

19

(10)

Theoretical Review: Local Literacies

29

(10)

Fruit of the Devil: The Migrant Summer School Program

39

(10)

Bed and Breakfast: The Incarcerated Youth Program

49

(8)

Local Literacies: Stories from the Fields and the Jails

57

(20)

Teacher Literacies: Stephanie's Option III Classroom

77

(16)

Teacher Literacies: Colleen's Migrant Labor Camp Classroom

93

(12)

Teacher Inquiry, Standards, and Culturally-Responsive Teaching: Implications and Future Directions for the Culture of Refusal

105

(16)

References

121

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A Culture of Refusal: The Lives and Literacies of Out-Of-School Adolescents

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