Dropping in: What Skateboarders Can Teach Us about Learning, Schooling, and Youth Development

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The die-hard local skateboarders of Franklin Skatepark--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 skatepark, 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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1625347162

ISBN13:9781625347169

Release Date:July 2023

Publisher:University of Massachusetts Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"

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