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Title: Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby K. Payne ISBN: 1-929229-14-3 Publisher: aha! Process Inc. Pub. Date: 2001 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.57 (23 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting ideas
Comment: I have read the negative reviews and the positives...the book is not all five stars. It is not poverty that elicits certain behaviors, but the values & education level the family holds. I don't believe poverty equates to all the things Ms. Payne suggests, but values and level of education do. That is why we have so many "wealthy" people in America who behave like those Ms. Payne has characterized as the poverty class--their values and education are lacking. I work with immigrants, many of them display the characteristics of the "wealthy" set, though they are quite poor. The book is a generalization, and there are truths and like any generalization, there are dangerous falsehoods. It is illuminating for me to read it though and see that the behavior I see in my classroom is more universal than I thought. So for me it helps in some abstracted way, but nothing to herald as fact.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good starting manual for teaching those born into poverty
Comment: A Framework for Understanding Poverty provides a structure on which to build one's teaching. The way we teach is as important as what we teach, for , as Payne makes quite clear, we will not reach all children until we can understand--and accept--their backgrounds and any accompanying privileges or limitations children carry with them to the middle-class mindset of most American schools. As a high school English teacher, I found Chapter 2, "The Role of Language and Story", quite helpful--in fact, it has changed the way I approach writing in the classroom. Even if you have read bits of this information elsewhere, the author has gathered much relevant research in an easy-to-access format that any harried teacher can appreciate. For those teachers who balk at recognizing and/or accomodating behaviors related to class, I ask them to take the "Could you Survive in Poverty" quiz on page 53. I don't have any idea how to "get and use food stamps" or "how to get by without a car"--do you? I'd love to see a companion manual to this one that lists books for students that address class differences, either fiction or nonfiction.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellant
Comment: I have worked for the Texas Department of Human Services for the past ten years, and wish I had read this book before I started. Understanding the culture of poverty is needed in order to facilitate the growth of those in poverty on the economic social and educational ladder. While this book addresses the overall aspects of the poverty culture, it fails to properly document the other aspects that affect the learning process, such as child abuse and cultural differences. In all, this is a book worth reading for not only teachers but anyone who works with those in lower income levels. The book is a treasure.
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Title: Understanding Learning: the How, the Why, the What by Ruby K. Payne ISBN: 1929229046 Publisher: aha! Process Inc. Pub. Date: 22 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Hidden Rules of Class at Work by Ruby K. Payne, Don L. Krabill ISBN: 1929229070 Publisher: aha! Process Inc. Pub. Date: 22 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities by Philip DeVol, Terie Dreussie Smith, Ruby K. Payne ISBN: 0964743795 Publisher: aha! Process Inc. Pub. Date: 10 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Living on a Tightrope: A Survival Handbook for Principals by Ruby K. Payne, William S. Sommers ISBN: 0964743787 Publisher: aha! Process Inc. Pub. Date: 21 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Think Rather of Zebra; Dealing with Aspects of Poverty Through Story by Jay Stailey, Ruby K. Payne, Jay C. Stailey ISBN: 0964743752 Publisher: aha! Process Inc. Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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