School Rules
Obedience, Discipline and Elusive Democracy
Will be published approx. on 7. May 2012
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-4426-4110-5 (ISBN)
Description
How much say should students have in shaping their schools' disciplinary cultures? Should they have the power to weigh in on contentious issues like favouritism, discrimination, ';no hats' rules, and zero tolerance? What if pupils disagree with their teachers and administrators on certain rules? Rebecca Raby reflects on how regulations are made, applied, and negotiated in educational settings in the accessibly written School Rules.
Through an in-depth analysis of original data, including interviews with teachers, administrators, and students, and codes of conduct, School Rules reveals what rules mean to different participants, and where it is that they becoming a challenge. Raby investigates students' acceptance or contestation of disciplinary regulations, and examines how school rules reflect and perpetuate existing inequalities and students' beliefs about young people. Illustrating the practical challenges and political and theoretical concerns of involving students in rule-making, School Rules can help teachers and administrators facilitate more meaningful rules and student participation in their own schools.
Through an in-depth analysis of original data, including interviews with teachers, administrators, and students, and codes of conduct, School Rules reveals what rules mean to different participants, and where it is that they becoming a challenge. Raby investigates students' acceptance or contestation of disciplinary regulations, and examines how school rules reflect and perpetuate existing inequalities and students' beliefs about young people. Illustrating the practical challenges and political and theoretical concerns of involving students in rule-making, School Rules can help teachers and administrators facilitate more meaningful rules and student participation in their own schools.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3 tables
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
620 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-4110-5 (9781442641105)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Rebecca Raby is a professor in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University.
Content
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: "No hats!" and other conventional rules
Chapter Three: Big rules and big consequences
Chapter Four: The rules and their underlying beliefs
Chapter Five: Consistency and context
Chapter Six: The contexts of class, ethnicity and racism
Chapter Seven: Regulating sexualized and gendered bodies
Chapter Eight: Acceptance and challenge
Chapter Nine: Students having a say
Chapter Ten: Conclusion and practical implications
Appendix A: Methods
Appendix B: Focus group participants
Appendix C: Staff participants
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: "No hats!" and other conventional rules
Chapter Three: Big rules and big consequences
Chapter Four: The rules and their underlying beliefs
Chapter Five: Consistency and context
Chapter Six: The contexts of class, ethnicity and racism
Chapter Seven: Regulating sexualized and gendered bodies
Chapter Eight: Acceptance and challenge
Chapter Nine: Students having a say
Chapter Ten: Conclusion and practical implications
Appendix A: Methods
Appendix B: Focus group participants
Appendix C: Staff participants