Quiet riot
Subtitle: the culture of teaching and learning in schools
By: Diane Hoffman
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9781610483100
Subjects: High school teachers; Aims and objectives; Attitudes; High school students; High school teaching; Secondary Education
Description: "Quiet Riot offers an anthropological critique of teaching and learning in two U.S. high schools over a twenty-seven year period. Based on the author's experiences shadowing two average students in 1983 and 2009, it presents detailed observations that powerfully capture the reality of student experiences in school"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Chapter I-Quiet Riot: What is Really Done in Schools; title: Chapter II-Thirst for Knowledge; title: Chapter III-Paper Chase; title: Chapter IV-Schooling Ordinary Violence : Rebel Without a Cause; title: Chapter V-From Quiet Riot to Rebel Without a Cause: Continuity and Change; title: Chapter VI-Elementary Madness; title: Chapter VII-Towards Authentic Schooling.