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ERIC Number: EJ578070
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1084-8959
Caught in the Machine: Resistance, Positioning, and Pedagogy.
Field, James C.; Olafson, Lori J.
Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, v22 n2 p39-55 Win 1999
Discusses an ethnographic study into the phenomenon of resistance in a middle school, focusing on seven students in seventh grade. Proposes the need to negotiate classroom life in ways that take into account individuals' backgrounds, strengths, and needs, and the need to create a place where identity and difference can exist in respectful relationships. (Author/LPP)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Theories, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Peer Relationship, Resistance (Psychology), Social Behavior, Social Control, Student Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Poststructuralism
Note: This issue printed as Win 1998; correct dates is Win 1999.