Bigger, Stephen (2011) Rituals and Student Identity in Education: Ritual Critique for a New Pedagogy by Richard A. Quantz with Terry O’Connor and Peter Magolda. (Book Review). Journal of Beliefs and Values . ISSN 1361-7672 (Submitted)
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Abstract
Q starts with the observation that schooling in the USA, obsessed with testing, has in a brief generation become anti-intellectual and anti-democratic, which provides the context of his study on ritual in school. ... The thesis of the book is that the character of schooling is determined by unplanned and unrecognised nonrational (‘ritual’) processes, that is, formalised symbolic performances. (etc.)
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ritual critique, secondary schooling, Victor Turner |
| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Academic Departments > Institute of Education |
| Copyright Info: | Author's submitted copy. |
| ID Code: | 1495 |
| Deposited By: | Stephen Bigger |
| Deposited On: | 01 Nov 2011 14:18 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jan 2013 06:00 |
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