Thinking themselves free
Subtitle: research on the literacy of teen mothers
By: Cynthia Miller Coffel
Series: Counterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education -- v. 389
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781433109720; 9781433109737
Subjects: Teenage pregnancy; Teenage mothers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-165) and index.
Table of contents: title: Marginal and secret stories; title: Feeling poverty : entering the teen mothers' worlds; title: Interlude : poor girls, reading, and me; title: Life stories : listening to the teen mothers' lives; title: Interlude : "you just don't be using your head!"; title: The teen moms' book club; title: The happy rainy day : teen mothers and teachers writing; title: Interlude : famous mothers and others; title: Schoolgirls : before, during, and after pregnancy; title: These kids are starved for knowledge; title: Interlude : graduation : nine months poignant; title: Stories you have told me; title: Coda : where are they now?.