Schooling and Social Identity

Learning to Act your Age in Contemporary Britain

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

This book examines the nature of age as an aspect of social identity and its relationship to experiences of formal education. Providing a new and critical approach to debates about age and social identity, the author explores why age remains such an important aspect of self-making in contemporary society.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-01-31
Mått:148 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:289
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137388308

Utforska kategorier

Pedagogik inom Psykologi och pedagogik
Skolan och förskolan inom Psykologi och pedagogik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Patrick Alexander is Reader in Education and Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is also Director of the Oxford Brookes Centre for Educational Consultancy and Development.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Age in society: Framing social structure.- Chapter 3. The concept of age imaginaries.- Chapter 4. An archaeology of the recent past: Age and schooling in historical and contemporary social context.- Chapter 5. Learning to act your age in the classroom.- Chapter 6. Learning to act your age in the playground: Age and the social lives of secondary school students.- Chapter 7. Learning to act your age in the staffroom: Age imaginaries in the lives of 'younger teachers'.- Chapter 8. Conclusions