The social world of pupil career : strategic biographies through primary school / Andrew Pollard and Ann Filer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollard, Andrew, 1949- author.

Filer, Ann, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social adjustment--Great Britain--Case studies.

Social adjustment.

School children--Great Britain--Case studies.

School children.

Education, Elementary--Social aspects--Great Britain--Case studies.

Education, Elementary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Cassell and Continuum, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text is the second part of a seven-year ethnography of individual pupils from the ages of four to eleven in an English primary school. It presents a sociological analysis of children coping with the social worlds of home, playground and classroom over the seven years of a primary school career. The study provides holistic insights into the biographies of four children during their primary school years and the case studies give prominence to the voices and perspectives of parents, children and teachers interacting over time. The reader is invited to engage personally with these accounts an

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Figures, Tables, Documents and Matrices by Chapter; Introduction; Part One: Setting the Scene; Part Two: Case Studies of Pupil Career; Part Three: Reflecting; References; Author Index; Case-study Index of Children and Teachers; Analytic Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611253004

9781281253002

1281253006

9781847143105

1847143105

OCLC:

437132506