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Identity, Agency and Social Institutions in Educational Ethnography
. Ed(S): Troman, Geoff; Jeffrey, Bob; Walford, Geoffrey
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Hardback. Focuses on identity and agency in a variety of social institutions in educational ethnography. The contributors explore these themes in a range of international contexts. They demonstrate the capacity of educational ethnography to provide accounts of participants' perspectives and understandings to highlight the agency of educational subjects. Editor(s): Troman, Geoff; Jeffrey, Bob; Walford, Geoffrey. Series: Studies in Educational Ethnography. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
The prime focus on the social processes of schooling within educational ethnography has tended to marginalise or eschew the importance of other 'informal' educational sites. Other social institutions, such as family, community, media and popular culture, work and prisons are salient arenas in which behaviours and lives are regulated. They all interrelate and are all implicated in the generation, management and development of social identities and the social and cultural reproduction of structures and relations. Individuals, though, are not merely shaped by these social institutions, their agency is evident in the way they creatively adapt and accommodate to the tensions ... Read more
The prime focus on the social processes of schooling within educational ethnography has tended to marginalise or eschew the importance of other 'informal' educational sites. Other social institutions, such as family, community, media and popular culture, work and prisons are salient arenas in which behaviours and lives are regulated. They all interrelate and are all implicated in the generation, management and development of social identities and the social and cultural reproduction of structures and relations. Individuals, though, are not merely shaped by these social institutions, their agency is evident in the way they creatively adapt and accommodate to the tensions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Educational Ethnography
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780762311446
SKU
V9780762311446
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