Producing success: the culture of personal advancement in an American high school
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Demerath, Peter (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2009
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:FAW01
FAW02
Volltext
Beschreibung:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index
The result of four years at Midwestern "Wilton High," this book seeks to understand the merciless, competitive culture of an upper-middle-class American high school, showing the various things parents, students and community members do to secure different kinds of advantages for themselves and their families
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: Producing success -- Community, home, and school settings -- The Wilton way: middle-class culture and practice -- Parental support, intervention, and policy manipulation -- The role of the school: institutional advantaging -- Student identity and practice -- Identities for control and success: the acquisition of psychological capital -- Teaching the "point-hungry" student: hypercredentialing in practice -- Costs of personal advancement -- "Generation stress" and school success -- Alienation, marginalization, and incivility -- Conclusions -- Appendix: WBHS 2002 student survey
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 208 pages)
ISBN:0226142426
9780226142425

Es ist kein Print-Exemplar vorhanden.

Fernleihe Bestellen Achtung: Nicht im THWS-Bestand! Volltext öffnen