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Successful Failure The School America Builds
280 Pages
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Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
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Routledge
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In this controversial work, Herv�arenne and Ray McDermott explore education as cultural phenomenon?a construct of artifice and reality we impose upon ourselves. The authors discuss in five case studies how the American education system defines and measures success and failure, why there is polarization between suburban schools and urban schools, and what about our system leads us to focus on the... Read more
Preface -- Introduction -- The Makings of Some Educational Facts -- Adam, Adam, Adam, and Adam: The Cultural Construction of a Learning Disability -- The Farrells and the Kinneys at Home: Literacies in Action -- The Voice of the Choir, the Voices in the Choir -- Joint Action on the Wild Side of Manhattan -- Racing in Place -- Education and the Making of Cultural Facts -- Disability as a Cultural Fact -- Ways with Theoretical Words -- Local Constructions of Educational Facts -- Conclusion: Beyond Explaining Why -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C
Biography
Varenne, Herne | Mcdermott, Ray
