What happens when students are in the minority
Subtitle: experiences that impact human performance
By: [edited by] Charles B. Hutchison.
Contributors: Hutchison, Charles B.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781607093947; 9781607093954; 9781607093961
Subjects: Minorities -- Education -- United States -- Case studies; Minority students -- United States -- Social conditions -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Description: When people find themselves as the minorities in different situations, they often feel as if they have been placed onstage with a spotlight on them. Consequently, they become prisoners of anxiety, and engage in certain predictable, negative behaviors. Owing to sheer anxiety and mental overload, these situational minorities often find themselves behaving unintelligently. This book uses real-life experiences of diverse people to illustrate that, if not understood and addressed, situational minorities at school or work are unlikely to perform at their highest potentials. This book is for anyone who wants to understand human behavior and performance: why minorities struggle in majority schools, or why the only male or female on the team has to overcome a mental barrier in order to catch up. (Publisher).