School learning : conversations with the sociology of education / by Roy Nash.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Delta studies in education ; no. 3.Publisher: Palmerston North, N.Z. : Delta, Institute for Professional Development and Educational Research, Massey University, 1999Description: 186 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.430993 21
Contents:
Interview with two young men from the north of France / Pierre Bourdieu -- Alice: reflecting on the causes of success -- Bruno: schooling, education, and class resistance -- Ripeka: taking the identity of the school -- Lana's statement -- Olive's statement -- Awhina: contradictinos in the discourse of success
Summary: This book examines the educaiton of six students from the Progress at School project. Why do some children make better progress at school than others? This is the question at the heart of the sociology of education and that which is addressed in this book through a dual conversation with students and with central theories in the sociology of education. The six students, all of at least 'good average' ability, had very different achievements: Alice, working class girl, European, entered univeristy; Bruno, working class boy, European, started work; Ripeka: working class girl, Maori, left school; Leon, middle class boy, Samoan, entered university; Rena, working class girl, Maori, left school.
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"School learning is the fourth in a series of major publications from the Progress at school project"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186).

Interview with two young men from the north of France / Pierre Bourdieu -- Alice: reflecting on the causes of success -- Bruno: schooling, education, and class resistance -- Ripeka: taking the identity of the school -- Lana's statement -- Olive's statement -- Awhina: contradictinos in the discourse of success

This book examines the educaiton of six students from the Progress at School project. Why do some children make better progress at school than others? This is the question at the heart of the sociology of education and that which is addressed in this book through a dual conversation with students and with central theories in the sociology of education. The six students, all of at least 'good average' ability, had very different achievements: Alice, working class girl, European, entered univeristy; Bruno, working class boy, European, started work; Ripeka: working class girl, Maori, left school; Leon, middle class boy, Samoan, entered university; Rena, working class girl, Maori, left school.

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