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Divvy: Anyon: Different Schooling for Different Students (Middle-Class…
Divvy: Anyon: Different Schooling for Different Students
Middle-Class
What School Personnel Said About School Knowledge
emphasis on regurgitation and memorization
Evidence From The Curriculum and Curriculum-in-use
Textbooks were more detailed than those used in working-class classrooms. Some teachers used strategies that were slightly more interactive than just taking notes off the board.
What Students Said About Knowledge
Students said knowledge was knowing things but also hinted at the idea that knowledge could get them somewhere. Some students were confused by the question but they were overall less confused than the working-class students
"Possibility" as dominant theme
Students in these schools thought that if they worked hard enough they could be anything . A lot of them said they hoped to attend college.
Working-Class
Evidence from the Curriculum and the Curriculum-in-Use
The teachers used the most basic textbook s and taught subjects just by putting notes up on the board
What School Personnel Said.About School Knowledge
Teachers were told not to worry if students did not understand, just do your best
What Students Said About Knowledge
Students had trouble understanding the question and the students who did define knowledge defined it as retaining facts and information
Business Professional Schools
Narcissism as a dominant theme
emphasis on critical thinking and interpretation
what students said about knowledge
They can think about them and they can realize them [sic). When there is something wrong, they can realize what's wrong with it." "You think up ideas and then find things wrong with those ideas."
What School Personnel Said About School Knowledge
School culture/teacher background
A majority of the teachers in the school are from middleclass or upper-middle-class backgrounds; most are from various parts of the state. All but three are female; most of these are married to professionals or men in business; for example, one fifth-grade teacher was married to a stockbroker, another to a lawyer; one second-grade teacher was married to an "accountant with an M.A. in business," the other to a psychologist.
Evidence From The Curriculum and Curriculum-in-use
When students asked questions regarding how to complete an assignment teachers would respond with "what do you think" rather than telling them specifically what to do.
Key Points
Possibility in the Middle-Class
Risistance in the Working-Class
Narcissism in the Buisness Professional Schools