A framework for understanding poverty

Summary: Identifies the factors that cause poverty, including the lack of financial, emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical resources; and guides educators and others in understanding poverty and counteracting its effects in the classroom and community.

Record details

ISBN: 1929229143
ISBN: 9781929229147
ISBN: 9780929229140
ISBN: 0929229142
Physical Description: print
205 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Edition: Third revised edition.
Publisher: Highlands, Tex. : Aha! Process, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-205) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Definitions and resources -- Role of language and story -- Hidden rules among classes -- Characteristics of generational poverty -- Role models and emotional resources -- Support systems -- Discipline -- Instruction and improving achievement -- Creating relationships.