Reading beyond research results: The hidden curriculum in a college and urban high schools partnership

Authors

  • Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers Nazareth College of Rochester

Abstract

The article draws from a study of a Gear Up partnership between a college and four urban high schools.  Teacher education candidates participated in community engagement through Gear Up at four urban high schools. The study showed that both college and high school students benefitted from the partnership. The article complicates the results of the study by examining the hidden curriculum promulgated by a partnership between the college and four urban high schools.

Author Biography

Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers, Nazareth College of Rochester

Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers is the Director of the Frontier Center for Urban Education and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social and Psychological Foundations of Education at Nazareth College. Her teaching and research focus on social justice education. Her email address is ssommer4@naz.edu

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Published

12/05/2013

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Insights, Case Studies, and Applications

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