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Classroom Authority Theory, Research, and Practice
212 Pages
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Routledge
210 Pages
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Routledge
208 Pages
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Routledge
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This book describes and analyzes authority relationships in classrooms through explorations of theory, prior research, and contemporary qualitative studies. The emphasis is on the social construction of authority and the crucial role authority plays in K-16 teachers' pedagogy and students' academic engagement and achievement. The introductory chapter grounds the reader in social theory on... Read more
Contents: M.H. Metz, Foreword. Preface. J.L. Pace, A. Hemmings, Understanding Classroom Authority as a Social Construction. J.S. Wills, Authority, Culture, Context: Controlling the Production of Historical Knowledge in Elementary Classrooms. J. Mullooly, H. Varenne, Playing With Pedagogical Authority. J.L. Pace, Saving (and Losing) Face, Race, and Authority: Strategies of Action in a Ninth-Grade English Class. J.S. Bixby, Authority in Detracked High School Classrooms: Tensions Among Individualism, Equity, and Legitimacy. A. Hemmings, Moral Order in High School Authority: Dis/Enabling Care and (Un)Scrupulous Achievement. R. Rosenblum, Standards and Sob Stories: Negotiating Authority at an Urban Public College. D.T. Hansen, Epilogue: The Sources and Expressions of Classroom Authority.
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Judith L. Pace, Annette Hemmings
"...an important book for both educational practitioners and educational researchers." --Greg Seals, College of Staten Island, CUNY, Educational Studies
