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Title: | Social Class and Australian Schooling |
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Contributor(s): | McQueen, Kelvin (author) |
Publication Date: | 2009 |
Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3377 |
Abstract: | This chapter begins by first exploring the difference between understanding social class as stratification and understanding social class as a power relation between particular groups. Secondly, since teachers are often said to be 'middle class' and schools to promote 'middle class culture', then the exploration moves to examine the 'problem' of the middle class: does it exist and, if so, what is a useful way for thinking about this 'class' and its culture? This exploration of the notion of a middle class raises the issue of divisions within the working class and maintains that these divisions are in part the result of competition in the labour market, but ultimately are caused by the ruling class. Thirdly, the chapter returns to the question of stratification and reveals that schools, as part of the state, deliberately stratify students using a competitive academic meritocracy. This acts to 'divide-and-rule' the working class. Finally, an assessment is made of the ambivalent opportunities in schools for fostering social justice. |
Publication Type: | Book Chapter |
Source of Publication: | Interrogating Common Sense: Teaching for Social Justice, p. 47-74 |
Publisher: | Pearson Education Australia |
Place of Publication: | Frenchs Forest, Australia |
ISBN: | 9781442507197 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930501 Education and Training Systems Policies and Development |
HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book |
Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34989321 http://www.pearson.com.au/search-results/product-details/?isbn=9781442507197 |
Editor: | Editor(s): Izabel Soliman |
Appears in Collections: | Book Chapter School of Education |
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