Herve Varenne

Successful Failure (eBook, ePUB)

The School America Builds

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this controversial work, Herv Varenne and Ray McDermott explore education as cultural phenomenona construct of artifice and reality we impose upon ourselves. Questioning how the American education system defines and measures success and failure, Successful Failure is a must-read for anyone interested in educational reform, the American educational system, and the anthropology of education. }In this controversial work, Herv Varenne and Ray McDermott explore education as cultural phenomenona construct of artifice and reality we impose upon ourselves. The authors discuss in five case studies how the American education system defines and measures success and failure, why there is polarization between suburban schools and urban schools, and what about our system leads us to focus on the negative. Their exploration focuses not on the people or the activities of the system, but on the institutions themselves: who decided what was a success or failure? How was the identification done, and with what consequences?This important and timely book is a must-read for anyone interested in educational reform, the American educational system, and the anthropology of education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429976681
• Artikelnr.: 54001069

Autorenporträt

Varenne, Herne Mcdermott, Ray

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. The Makings Of Some Educational Facts
Adam, Adam, Adam, and Adam
The House of Farell and the House of Kinney: Literacies at Home
The Voice of the Choir, the Voices in the Choir
Joint Action on the Wild Side of Manhattan
Racing in Place
Education And The Making Of Cultural Facts
Education in Culture
Ways with Theoretical Words
Local Construction and Educational Facts
Conclusion: Beyond Explaining Why