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CONSTRUCTING PUBLIC SCHOOLING TODAY: DERISION, MULTICULTURALISM, NATIONALISM.
- Source :
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Educational Theory . Aug2011, Vol. 61 Issue 4, p413-432. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- In this article, Walter Parker brings structure and agency to the foreground of the current tumult of public schooling in the United States. He focuses on three structures that are serving as rules and resources for creative agency. These are a discourse of derision about failing schools, a broad mobilization of multiculturalism, and an enduring nationalism. Drawing on Anthony Giddens's structuration theory, Parker examines how these discourses figure in redefining school reform, redefining school curricula, and requiring schools once again to serve nationalistic purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PUBLIC schools
*EDUCATION
*MULTICULTURALISM
*NATIONALISM
*EDUCATIONAL change
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00132004
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Educational Theory
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 64261832
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-5446.2011.00412.x