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ERIC Number: EJ520829
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-5692
The Reproduction of Class in Canada's Elite Independent Schools.
Maxwell, James D.; Maxwell, Mary Percival
British Journal of Sociology of Education, v16 n3 p309-26 Sep 1995
Maintains that although Canada's private schools attempt to reproduce dominant cultural ideology, meritocracy and recruitment have created paradoxical effects. Academic competition results in fewer private school graduates being admitted to top universities. Further studies reveal no correlation between private school and financial success. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Economic Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Elitism, Foreign Countries, Free Enterprise System, Hidden Curriculum, Ideology, Private Schools, Social Control, Social Theories, Socialization, Traditionalism
Publication Type: Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Canada; Meritocracy; Social Reproduction