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Speaking about Cultural Difference and School Disadvantage. An Interview Study of "Samoan" Paraprofessionals in Designated Disadvantaged Secondary Schools in Australia.
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Singh, Parlo – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2001
Uses Bernstein's theory of pedagogic discourse to examine interview accounts of educational disadvantage provided by Samoan paraprofessionals in secondary schools in Queensland (Australia). Finds that Samoan paraprofessionals attributed educational disadvantage to the arbitrary organization of students, knowledge, and spaces in schooling…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Higher Education