Abstract
Schools seldom convey the purpose of education to students, and are poorly suited to be responsive to students’ purposes. Yet meaning is a crucial factor in whether students achieve in school. If schools can find ways to nurture a purpose for learning in students who do not have one, schooling can be transformed. In South Carolina, with its history of racism in education, exposure to the local and ongoing struggles for civil rights and a good education could potentially provide such meaning, and narrow the achievement gap.
Recommended Citation
Stevick, E. Doyle
(2008)
"Civil Rights History in South Carolina and the Question of Meaning: Tools for Closing the Achievement Gap?,"
Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina: Vol. 1:
No.
1, Article 10.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/tejsc/vol1/iss1/10