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Calanit Tsalach – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2022
A central element in the writing of marginal subjects is the personal and autobiographical voice they use to write about themselves and their experiences. This article uses a personal voice- autoethnography - to examine, in a multi-layered manner, one-stop of the author's educational biography and her path, as a working-class Mizrahi woman, to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Jews, Ethnicity, Intersectionality
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McFarland, Andrew – History Teacher, 2022
Some historians still hold back from assigning literature out of concern for historical accuracy, but using fiction and popular culture is no longer unusual and, if anything, using novels may be seen as outdated in some circles. The author suggests that one way to reinvigorate the use of the novel when teaching history is to center a class on only…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Authors, Undergraduate Students
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Angelique, Holly – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
In this article, I offer a critical feminist theoretical reflection on my lived experiences as a working-class White woman as a challenge to some of the dominant narratives in academia. In particular, I describe my development of feminist and class-consciousness as an "organic intellectual." I discuss changes to my working-class identity and the…
Descriptors: Feminism, Working Class, Psychology, Personal Narratives
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Brook, Heather; Michell, Dee – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2012
In this article, we argue that the expectations, experience, and identities of academics may be just as crucial to improving the participation of students from low socio-economic status (SES) as higher education policies, admissions and marketing activities, but are routinely ignored. In particular, we observe that highly relevant, well-informed,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Working Class, Biographies, Expectation
Riddell, Richard, Ed. – Trentham Books Ltd, 2010
This book presents the evidence gathered from original interviews to show how the aspirations of young people develop in light of their social circumstances. Those who attend independent schools will find that the relationship between what goes on at home and at school makes it socially almost impossible not to have achievable aspirations for a…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Aspiration, Working Class, Social Status
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Ayala, Jennifer; Galletta, Anne – Theory Into Practice, 2009
The article draws on an ethnographic study of students' experiences in a restructured campus of several schools, located in a densely populated northeastern city, serving a multiracial, largely working class and poor Latino neighborhood. The authors underscore student narratives of a chronology of opportunity and loss, while also noting an…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Student School Relationship, Reputation, Ethnography
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Tierney, William G. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2010
The goal of this paper is to understand, by way of a life history of one low-income working-class youth, how globalization impacts the working class in a developing nation. The concept of globalization and the method of life history seem diametrically opposed. Globalization is an idea about large social forces that impact the economic and material…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Working Class, Social Influences
Gravois, John – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
In psychological terms, impostor syndrome is a cognitive distortion that prevents a person from internalizing any sense of accomplishment. By many accounts, academics--graduate students, junior professors, and even some full professors--relate to this only a little less than they relate to eye strain. The condition was first identified in 1978 by…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Working Class, Females, Psychologists
Van Galen, Jane – Educational Horizons, 2007
This essay outlines several ways in which educators might better prepare young people of all backgrounds to understand, enter, and eventually act upon the changing economic landscape. The contributors to this article, which presents perspectives on social class and education in the United States, suggest that one might learn some lessons from the…
Descriptors: Working Class, Social Differences, Social Class, Access to Education
Valdata, Patricia – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2005
Ever since George Washington opted for the title of president rather than king, Americans have been uncomfortable with the idea of class distinctions. This article presents an interview with Dr. Janet Galligani Casey regarding the idea of class distinctions. Galligani Casey, who grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Somerville, Massachusetts,…
Descriptors: Ideology, Working Class, Social Class, Socioeconomic Status
Lubienski, Sarah Theule – Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM), 2006
In this paper, the author describes, from a personal standpoint, the highlights of her most relevant studies on the topic of reform and resistance in mathematics education. Having moved from being a working-class kid to a tenured professor, the author hopes that by sharing her observations and advice, others on a similar path might have a smoother…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Career Development, Career Guidance, Working Class
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Pye, David; Haywood, Chris; Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 1996
Highlights the impact of recent state and employment changes upon the young British working class in vocational training. Argues that the displacement of work by vocational training is creating new and contradictory formations of masculine identities. Focuses on a group of low-achieving, white, working-class males' responses to this new context.…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Education Work Relationship, Educational Sociology, Foreign Countries