Tangled Up in School - Politics, Space, Bodies, and Signs in the Educational Process

An ethnography of one school--viewed as an intersection in social space, a knot in a web of practices that stretch into complex systems beginning and ending outside the school.

List of contents

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Adults at Elementary School. A Tangle of Cities, Corporations, and Kids. Neighborhood Intersections. Intersections of Bodies and Spaces at School. Intersections of Kids, Signs, and Popular Culture. Loose Ends. Fieldwork as an Intersection. References.

About the author

Nespor, Jan

Summary

An ethnography of one school--viewed as an intersection in social space, a knot in a web of practices that stretch into complex systems beginning and ending outside the school.

Additional text

"Tangled up in School has moments of sheer brilliance in its capacity to highlight the links, flows, and intersections between school and society....essential reading for all teachers who want to and need to engage more effectively with the changing world of public education."—American Journal of Education

Product details

• Authors: Nespor, Jan Nespor, Nespor Jan
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.1997
• EAN: 9780805826531
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-2653-1
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 510 g
• Series: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education; Sociocultural, Political, and; Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, Cultural Studies, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, United States of America, USA, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Schools, Schools and pre-schools, EDUCATION / Schools / General