Education in the halls : students' perspectives on cultural expression and resistance


Autoria(s): Boyd, Greg.
Contribuinte(s)

Department of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Education

Data(s)

09/07/2009

09/07/2009

09/07/1995

Resumo

This research is a qualitative study of cultural reproduction and resistance from students' perspectives. Thirteen teenagers (eight in attendance in regular high schools and five drop-outs) were recruited to take part and were involved to varying degrees through interviews, journal writing, and group interactive sessions. A purposive sampling design was used initially to recruit individuals known to the researcher through contacts in an alternate education setting. Other participants were recruited throughout the research phase. The theoretical aspects are premised on the work of Paul Willis, Michel Foucault, and Pierre Bourdieu. The reflexive praxeology of Bourdieu reflects the position taken as one way of understanding how students construct and respond to the situations of cultural dominance they experience in schools. The same reflexivity is offered for suggestions as to how teachers can respond to their own position in the education system.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10464/1833

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Brock University

Palavras-Chave #High school students--Psychology. #High school students--Social life and customs. #Culture diffusion.
Tipo

Electronic Thesis or Dissertation