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ERIC Number: EJ634561
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
Positioning in a Middle School Culture: Gender, Race, Social Class, and Power.
Mahar, Donna
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v45 n3 p200-09 Nov 2001
Considers how adolescent discourse patterns outside of school can illuminate the stance students take in the classroom. Presents a narrative of two seventh-grade students, both marginalized by the academic and social aspects of school. Notes how in attempts to be accepted, both boys used the power of language to establish a dominant stance in the middle school status structure. (SG)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Cultural Differences, Grade 7, Language Usage, Middle Schools, Research Methodology, School Culture, Sex Role, Social Influences, Teacher Researchers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Power