English and American Residential Secondary Schools: A Comparative Study of the Reproduction of Social Elites

English and American Residential Secondary Schools: A Comparative Study of the Reproduction of Social Elites

Elite secondary boarding schools educate and socialize students from socially elite backgrounds in ways that reflect the different characters of English and American society. Observations and interviews in 5 English and 12 American elite schools focused on leadership styles; discipline; curriculum;...

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Veröffentlicht in:Comparative education review 1985-08, Vol.29 (3), p.283-298
Hauptverfasser: Cookson, Peter W., Persell, Caroline H.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Boarding Schools
British culture
Comparative Analysis
Comparative education
Curricula
Education
Education, Secondary
Elite
Elites
England
Great Britain
Group Membership
Hidden Curriculum
Private colleges
Private Schools
Public schools
Residential schools
Secondary Education
Secondary school curricula
Secondary Schools
Social elites
Social Status
Social Stratification
Socialization
Socioeconomic Status
United States
United States of America
Upper Class
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Zusammenfassung:Elite secondary boarding schools educate and socialize students from socially elite backgrounds in ways that reflect the different characters of English and American society. Observations and interviews in 5 English and 12 American elite schools focused on leadership styles; discipline; curriculum; teaching style; and the structure of relationships among students, teachers, and administrators. (SV)
ISSN:0010-4086
1545-701X
DOI:10.1086/446523