Equality and power in schools : redistribution, recognition and representation /
Kathleen Lynch and Anne Lodge.
- London : Routledge/Falmer, 2002.
- xvi, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-235) and index.
Section 1: Setting the Scene 1. The Equality Debates 2. The Design of the Study and a Profile of the Schools Section 2: Issues of Redistribution 3. The Class Act: A One Act Play in Four Stages 4. The Grouping Process: Selecting Out, Selecting In Section 3: Issues of Recognition and Multivalent Identities 5. Girls\' Schools: Dilegence, Surveillance and Resistance 6. Boys\' Schools: Peer Regulation and Sporting Prowess 7. The Complex Cultures of Co-educational Schools: Diversity, Silence and Hegemony 8. The Diversity Deficit: Minorities and the Recognition of Difference Section 4: Discipline and Power 9. Regimes of Power and Resistance 10. Vertical and Hoizontal Power: Teachers\' Experiences 11. Inequality and the 3 Rs - Redistribution, Recognition and Representation.
This volume is based on a study of 12 schools over a two-year period using classroom observation, interviews with pupils and staff, focus groups and questionnaires. The authors explore issues of equality and power both in the classroom and in the staff room.
Critical pedagogy--Ireland Discrimination in education--Ireland Educational equalization--Ireland Educational sociology--Ireland Educational equalization--Ireland Power (Social sciences) Education. Educational strategies & policy Moral & social purpose of education Social discrimination & equal treatment Gender studies, gender groups Philosophy & theory of education Educational psychology Educational administration & organization