Reviews for Swimming Against the Tide: African American Girls and Science Education

The average rating for Swimming Against the Tide: African American Girls and Science Education based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-09 00:00:00 Angela Ju I read this as part of a church class. We didn't actually do the Quick and Easy Asset Mapping, but I want to! I think it looks very motivating. The book starts out showing how to do the active asset mapping, then works backward and ends with the biblical principles that support the open-sum thinking that asset mapping is based on. I like how the author just jumps right in with the activity, but the subsequent chapters sometimes seem redundant since they're just more and more specific each time. There are several typos, which I always find annoying in a professional manuscript, but the message is still empowering.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-10-25 00:00:00 Albert Roitfarb Sometimes four-star reviews are simply for books that do exactly what they intend to do from the outset. Having read this, I feel like I can run asset mapping with my congregation, or any group really, and get something out of it. Some of the theory behind it is interesting, though nothing is ground-breaking. This is a functional text, though, not a theoretical one. IF you want to be able to go do asset mapping, read this book.