Class Rules challenges the popular myth that high schools are the
"Great Equalizers". In his groundbreaking study, Cookson
demonstrates that adolescents undergo different class rites of
passage depending on the social-class composition of the high
school they attend. Drawing on stories of schools and individual
students, the author shows that where a student goes to high school
is a major influence on his or her social class trajectory. Class
Rules is a penetrating, original examination of the role education
plays in blocking upward mobility for many children. It offers a
compelling vision of an equitable system of schools based on the
full democratic rights of students. Book features: provides a
fresh, dynamic way of understanding educational inequality and
social reproduction, offers a breakthrough social/psychological
theory of how adolescents acquire class consciousness, compares the
cultures and curricula of five American high schools focusing on
the class composition of their students.
General
Imprint: |
Teachers College Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Multicultural Education Series |
Release date: |
August 2013 |
First published: |
September 2013 |
Authors: |
Peter W. Cookson Jr
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
160 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8077-5452-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Philosophy of education
|
LSN: |
0-8077-5452-8 |
Barcode: |
9780807754528 |
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