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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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"We Raised It with the Head": The Educational Practices of Minority Ethnic, Middle-Class Families
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Archer, Louise – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2010
This paper discusses findings from a small-scale empirical exploration of the views, experiences and educational practices of middle-class minority ethnic families in the United Kingdom. It draws on semi-structured interviews conducted with 36 parents, pupils and "young professionals". Analyses consider to what extent generic class resources, as…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Interviews, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups
Class, Gender, (Hetero)Sexuality and Schooling: Paradoxes within Working-Class Girls' Engagement with Education and Post-16 Aspirations
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Archer, Louise; Halsall, Anna; Hollingworth, Sumi – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2007
This paper discusses the ways in which inner-city, ethnically diverse, working-class girls' constructions of hetero-femininities mediate and shape their dis/engagement with education and schooling. Drawing on data from a study conducted with 89 urban, working-class young people in London, attention is drawn to three main ways through which young…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Sexuality, Play, Females
"They Never Go off the Rails like Other Ethnic Groups": Teachers' Constructions of British Chinese Pupils' Gender Identities and Approaches to Learning
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Archer, Louise; Francis, Becky – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2005
This paper examines the ways in which British Chinese pupils are positioned and represented within the popular/dominant discourse of teachers working in London schools. Drawing on individual interviews from a study conducted with 30 teachers, 80 British Chinese pupils and 30 Chinese parents, we explore some of the racialised, gendered and classed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Sex Stereotypes, Sexual Identity, Masculinity
'Bettering Yourself'? Discourses of Risk, Cost and Benefit in Ethnically Diverse, Young Working-Class Non-Participants' Constructions of Higher Education.
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Archer, Louise; Hutchings, Merryn – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2000
Argues that higher education is a difficult choice for English working-class students and that the advantages and disadvantages of higher education are unequally distributed among members of different social classes. Presents a study of non-participant Londoners (n=109), ages 16-30, from a range of working-class backgrounds. Includes references.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Economic Factors, Educational Benefits, Educational Research