Worlds apart? Meanings of school in contrasting social environments

Based on two recent researches, our article compares the meanings of school, in two elitist private schools and in seven socially unprivileged areas, included in the national program Educational Territories of Priority Intervention. Through case studies, the local definitions of the situation are sk...

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Published inSociologia (Lisbon, Portugal) Vol. 70; no. 70
Main Authors Quaresma, Maria Luísa, Abrantes, Pedro, João Teixeira Lopes
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia 01.09.2012
Subjects
Definitions
Education
Education systems
Educational Systems
Inequality
Intervention
Interventionism
Meaning
Private Schools
Schooling
Schools
Social classes
Socialization
Teachers
Youth
Youth Culture
Portugal
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Summary:Based on two recent researches, our article compares the meanings of school, in two elitist private schools and in seven socially unprivileged areas, included in the national program Educational Territories of Priority Intervention. Through case studies, the local definitions of the situation are sketched, as the result of a negotiation between schools' policies, families' strategies, teachers' practices and youth cultures. The differential modes of combining daily experiences and future projects are focused. The main conclusion is that, although the inclusion in the same educational system and its common centrality in young people's lives, schooling in these contexts is characterized not only by the inequality of academic results, but also of socialization aims, processes and models. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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ISSN:0873-6529
2182-7907
DOI:10.7458/SPP2012701209