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Perfectly Prep: Gender Extremes at a New England Prep School
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Although New England boarding schools have been educating America’s elite for four generations, they, along with their privileged students, rarely have been the subject of study. Living in a senior boys’ dorm at a co-ed school, Sarah Chase was able to witness the inner workings of student culture and the dynamics of their peer groups. In an environment of ivy-covered buildings, institutional goals of excellence and aspirations to Ivy League colleges, the boys and gi… More >>
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Culture and Pedagogy: International Comparisons in Primary Education
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Culture and Pedagogy compares primary and secondary elementary schooling in England, France, India, Russia and the United States. It reveals how teaching, learning and pedagogic discouse are shaped not just by the decisions of the teacher but also by school values and organisation, by local pressures, national policy and the balance of political control, by the tensions and ambiruities of the democratic ideal, and by culture and history. The entire study is placed i… More >>
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