Pivotal moments : how educators can put all students on the path to college /
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard Education Press,
[2011]
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Table of Contents:
- Social class and school success : contradictions of the U.S. educational system
- Understanding pivotal moments. Overcoming disadvantages in school : why students need pivotal moments
- The pivotal moment framework : Blanca and Terry
- Why pivotal moment timing matters : Carmen and Valerie
- Early pivotal moments are better : Dora and Brianna
- Creating pivotal moments in school. "They don't feel like they are just a number" : building trust
- "Just stay focused and I can guide you" : mentoring and advocating for students
- "Tangible ways of making it real" : transmitting academic knowledge and skills
- Pivotal moments in other contexts. Building trust is not enough : challenges of academic outreach programs in creating pivotal moments
- Transmitting college knowledge : successes of nonprofit organizations in pivotal moment interventions
- Implementing the pivotal moment approach. Becoming a pivotal moment educator : qualities, legacies, training, capacity.