1st Edition

Life in School The Sociology of Pupil Culture

Edited By Martyn Hammersley, Peter Woods Copyright 1984
284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

There can be little doubt that pupils’ own interpretations of what happens in their schools represent a crucial link in the educational chain. We need to understand how pupils respond to different forms of pedagogy and school organization, and why they respond in the ways they do, in order to increase the effectiveness of our schooling. In the ten years prior to first publication ethnographic... Read more

Acknowledgements.  Editors’ Introduction.  Part 1: School Organization and Social Divisions  1. Differentiation and Sub-Cultural Polarisation C. Lacey  2. Banding, Identity and Experience S. Ball  3. The Myth of Subject Choice P. Woods  4. Elements of a Culture P. Willis  5. Black Girls in a London Comprehensive School M. Fuller  6. Gender and the Sciences: Pupils’ Gender-Based Conceptions of School Subjects L. Measor  Part 2: Pupil Adaptations  7. Initial Encounters in the Classroom and the Process of Establishment S. Ball  8. ‘Sussing Out’ Teachers: Pupils as Data Gatherers J. Benyon  9. Interaction Sets in the Classroom: Towards a Study of Pupil Knowledge V.J. Furlong  10. Conformist Pupils? M. Hammersley and G. Turner  Part 3: Pupil Perspectives  11. The Delinquent Group D.H. Hargreaves  12. Making Sense of School H. Gannaway  13. The Meaning of Trouble E. Rosser and R. Harré  14. Delinquents in Schools: A Test for the Legitimacy of Authority C. Werthman  15. Negotiating the Demands of Schoolwork P. Woods  16. Goodies, Jokers and Gangs A. Pollard  17. Friends and Fights B. Davies.  Index.

Biography

Martyn Hammersley (The Open University, UK) (Edited by) ,  Peter Woods (Edited by)