| Description |
xvi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Section 1. Setting the Scene -- 1. The Equality Debates -- 2. The Design of the Study and a Profile of the Schools -- Section 2. Issues of Redistribution -- 3. The Class Act: A One Act Play in Four Stages -- 4. The Grouping Process: Selecting Out, Selecting In -- Section 3. Issues of Recognition and Multivalent Identities -- 5. Girls' Schools: Diligence, Surveillance and Resistance -- 6. Boys' Schools: Peer Regulation and Sporting Prowess -- 7. The Complex Cultures of Co-educational Schools: Diversity, Silence and Hegemony -- 8. The Diversity Deficit: Minorities and the Recognition of Difference -- Section 4. Discipline and Power -- 9. Regimes of Power and Resistance -- 10. Vertical and Horizontal Power: Teachers' Experiences -- 11. Inequality and the 3 R's -- Redistribution, Recognition and Representation |
| Summary |
Based on a study of 12 schools over a two-year period, and using classroom observation, interviews with pupils and staff, focus groups and questionnaires, this book explores issues of equality and power both in the classroom and in the staff room |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Educational equalization -- Ireland.
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Discrimination in education -- Ireland.
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Critical pedagogy -- Ireland.
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| Author |
Lodge, Anne, 1966-
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| LC no. |
2002072407 |
| ISBN |
0415268052 : |
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0415268060 paperback |
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