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ERIC Number: EJ535162
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Self-Interest and Liberal Educational Discourse: How Ideology Works for Middle-Class Mothers.
Brantlinger, Ellen; And Others
American Educational Research Journal, v33 n3 p571-97 Fall 1996
Results of a study in 20 middle-class households indicate that middle-class mothers, perceived as liberals who believe in integrated and inclusive education, still support segregated and stratified school structures that mainly benefit the middle class. The study illustrates how ideology allows parents to deal with these contradictions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ideology, Liberalism, Middle Class Parents, Mothers, Parent Participation, Racial Segregation, School Segregation, Social Attitudes, Social Integration, Values
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Discourse; Self Interest