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Dropping in : what skateboarders can teach us about learning, schooling, and youth development / Robert Petrone

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Petrone, Robert, 1974-
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What skateboarders can teach us about learning, schooling, and youth development
Published
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2023]
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1 online resource (xi, 272 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- "In Your Own Words": Some Heartfelt Acknowledgments -- Part One: Entering the Bowl -- Chapter One: "What Else Would We Have?": Introducing Dropping In -- Chapter Two: Learning by Observing and Pitching In as a Theoretical Framework to Understand "Purposive Learning" at Franklin Skatepark -- Chapter Three: Behind the Bowl: A Discussion of Research Methodology -- Chapter Four: Entering the Bowl: An Introduction to Finley, Franklin Skatepark, and Its Diehard Locals -- Part Two: Carving the Bowl, Chapter Five: Participation Structures and Spatial Production of/at Franklin Skatepark -- Chapter Six: "It All Goes Together, You Know?": Processes of Learning How to Skateboard at Franklin Skatepark -- Chapter Seven: "Whatta Ya Gotta Be a 'Scene Kid'?": Examining Discursive Practices to Explore Power and Learning at Franklin Skatepark -- Chapter Eight: Cultural Theorists on Wheels: The Role of Literacy in Learning How to Skateboard and Be a Skateboarder -- Chapter Nine: Learning to Contribute, Contributing to Learn(ing): Why Learning Happens at Franklin Skatepark -- Part Three: Beyond the Bowl, and Chapter Ten: Beyond the Bowl: Reimagining Possibilities for Learning, Schooling, and Youth -- References -- Index -- Back Cover
Summary
"The die-hard local skateboarders of Franklin Skate Park-a group of working-class, Latino and white young men in the rural Midwest-are typically classified by schools and society as "struggling," "at-risk," "failing," and "in crisis." But at the skate park, they thrive and succeed, not only by landing tricks but also by finding meaning and purpose in their lives. In Dropping In, Robert Petrone draws from multiple years of ethnographic research to bring readers into this rich environment, exploring how and why these young men engage more with skateboarding and its related cultural communities than with school. For them, it is in these alternative communities and spaces that they meet their intellectual, literate, and learning needs; cultivate meaningful and supportive relationships; and develop a larger understanding of their place in the world. By looking at what these skateboarders can teach us about what is right and working in their lives, Petrone asks educators and others committed to youth development to rethink schooling structures and practices to provide equitable education for all students"--
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ISBN
1685750141 electronic book
9781685750145 (electronic bk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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