Affirmative Development Cultivating Academic Ability

by Gordon, Edmund W.; Bridglall, Beatrice L.; Aronson, Joshua A.; Bennett, Albert; Cauce, Ana Marie; Everson, Howard T.; Grigorenko, Elena L.; Greeno, James G.; Lee, Carol D.; Mendoza-Denton, Rodolfo; Meroe, Aundra Saa; Renzulli, Joseph S.; Stewart, Judy K.

• ISBN13: 9780742516595
• ISBN10: 0742516598
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-13
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Affirmative Development makes the case theoretically for deliberate intervention to develop academic ability for students not naturally disposed to develop such ability by the conditions under which they live. The book includes discussions of intellective competence and intellective character as products of the development of academic ability and reviews of the research evidence for the feasibility and morality of such action.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Affirmative Action and Affirmative Development
Intellective Competence: The Universal Currency in Technologically Advanced Societies	p. 3
Toward the Development of Intellective Character	p. 17
Intelligence as a Socialized Phenomenon	p. 49
Affirmative Development as an Alternative to Affirmative Action	p. 73
Meritocracy and the Opportunity to Learn	p. 95
Cultural Experience, Academic Cultures, and Academic Ability	p. 117
Affirmative Development of Academic Ability
The Curriculum and Its Functions	p. 133
The Teaching and Learning of Intellective Competence	p. 155
Psychosocial Processes in the Cultivation of Intellective Competence: The Interpenetration of Affective, Cognitive, and Situative Processes in Intellective Behavior	p. 189
Politicalization: A Neglected Pedagogical Process	p. 207
The Problem of Transfer and Adaptability: Applying the Learning Sciences to the Challenge of the Achievement Gap	p. 221
Task Force Report on the Affirmative Development of Academic Ability: All Students Reaching the Top: Strategies for Closing Academic Achievement Gaps	p. 239
Appendix	p. 277
Index	p. 279
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 297
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