1st Edition
Reading, Writing and Resistance Adolescence and Labor in a Junior High School
By Robert B. Everhart
Copyright 1983
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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A story of everyday life in an American junior high school, originally published in 1983, this book demonstrates the ways in which the school culture of early adolescence both supports and denies the cultural and economic requirements of the parent society that surrounds it. It explores this school culture in relation to the local and national in political economy, to class, race and gender, and... Read more
Series Editor’s Preface. Author’s Preface. 1. Introduction 2. The Community and the School 3. The Classroom World 4. The World of Don’s Group 5. The World of Chris’s Group 6. ‘What Did You Do in English Today?’ ‘Nothing, Just Goofed Off’ 7. Student ‘Power’ 8. Summary and Conclusions. Appendix A: Lesson Plans. Appendix B: Methodology. Notes. Name Index. Subject Index.
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Robert B. Everhart
