Advancing social justice in urban schools through the implementation of transformative groups for youth of color

Journal for Specialists in Group Work

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 230-235

  Shin, Richard Q ^a   Rogers, Jennifer ^a   Stanciu, Amalia ^a   Silas, Melany ^a   Brown Smythe, Claudette ^a   Austin, Brenda ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical consciousness; Social justice; Transformative groups; Urban youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956243475     PISSN: 01933922     EISSN: 15496295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01933922.2010.492899     Document Type: Article

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