Rituals and Student Identity in Education [electronic resource] : Ritual Critique for a New Pedagogy /
Quantz, R.author.
O'Connor, Terry(Terry W.),-2009.
Magolda, Peter Mark.
An exploration of how the nonrational aspects of schooling, especially ritual(s), have been harnessed to construct a commonsense which serves the interests of transnational corporations, leaving those educators committed to democracy to develop a new pedagogy that rejects the technical solutions that present reforms demand.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Coverpage; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction to the Nonrational in Education:Ritual in Schools; 2 School Ritual as Performance: A Reconstruction of Durkheim's and Turner's Uses of Ritual; 3 From Ethnography to Ritual Critique: The Evolution of a Method With Terry O'Connor; 4 Nonrational Classroom Performance: Ritualas Aspect of Action With Peter M. Magolda; 5 On Seminars, Ritual, and Cowboys; 6 The Puzzlemasters: Performing the Mundane, Searchingfor Intellect, and Living in the Belly of the Corporation; 7 Ritual Critique and the New Pedagogy
NotesReferences; Index
An exploration of how the nonrational aspects of schooling, especially ritual(s), have been harnessed to construct a commonsense which serves the interests of transnational corporations, leaving those educators committed to democracy to develop a new pedagogy that rejects the technical solutions that present reforms demand.
International education .
Comparative education.
Education—Philosophy.
Educational sociology.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
International and Comparative Education.
Educational Philosophy.
Sociology of Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.