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Xu, Wen; Stahl, Garth – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2022
Despite suspicions concerning the global expansion of Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) education, the teaching of Chinese is often a mainstay within global citizenship and elite education. With this paradox in mind, the paper draws on theories of classed selfhood and learner identities to explore the possibilities of CFL to influence the…
Descriptors: Working Class, Self Concept, Chinese, Second Language Learning
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Stahl, Garth – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2018
This paper examines the relationship between 'aspiration' and identity as rendered within discourses of power. Focusing on the deeply ingrained values of a group of 23 white working-class boys from South London (aged 14-16), the research critically considers the conception of power within a neoliberal era which produces both new subjectivities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aspiration, Working Class, Student Attitudes