how the middle class negotiates and rationalizes school advantage /
First Statement of Responsibility
Ellen Brantlinger.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
RoutledgeFalmer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xii, 250 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Class position, social life, and school outcomes -- Examining social class reproduction at micro and emic levels: A critical, interpretive study -- Affluent mothers narrate their own and other people's children -- Conflicted pedagogical and curricular perspectives of middle-class mothers -- Positions and outlooks of teachers at different schools -- Impact of teacher position on divided classes -- Succumbing to demands: Administrators under pressure -- School board perceptions of policy and power / Michelle Henderson -- Conclusion: Choosing a Democratic, communitarian ethic for schools and society.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book offers a first-hand ethnographic account to examine the relationship between social class structures and educational success.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Dividing classes.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Educational sociology-- United States.
Middle class-- United States.
Social stratification-- United States.
Students-- United States-- Social conditions.
Educational sociology.
Middenklassen.
Middle class.
Mittelstand
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.