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Direct linkVincent, Carol; Ball, Stephen; Rollock, Nicola; Gillborn, David – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2013
This paper draws on qualitative data exploring the experiences of first-generation middle-class Black Caribbean-heritage parents, their own parents, and their children. We focus on the different ways in which race and class intersect in shaping attitudes towards education and subsequent educational practices. We argue that the nature of racism has…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Middle Class, Blacks, Racial Bias
Vincent, Carol; Rollock, Nicola; Ball, Stephen; Gillborn, David – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2012
This paper reports on qualitative data that focus on the educational strategies of middle-class parents of Black Caribbean heritage. Drawing on Bourdieu's key concepts of habitus, capital and field, our focus is an investigation of the differences that are apparent between respondent parents in their levels of involvement with regard to schools.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Middle Class, Academic Achievement, Parent Participation
Vincent, Carol; Rollock, Nicola; Ball, Stephen; Gillborn, David – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2012
This paper reports on data drawn from a study exploring the educational strategies of 62 Black Caribbean heritage middle-class parents. In this paper, we consider the respective roles of race and class in the shaping of parents' educational strategies, deploying an analysis that focuses on their intersection and seeks to hold both race and class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Strategies, Parent School Relationship, Middle Class
Maguire, Meg; Perryman, Jane; Ball, Stephen; Braun, Annette – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2011
In this paper we describe some of the complexities involved in the construction of a sample of "ordinary" schools. We outline the policy context in England that produces pressures to resist "ordinariness". The paper then explores two theoretical tools, fabrication and rhetoric, that are deployed in an analysis of some key artefacts of fabrication…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, School Effectiveness, Competition
Maguire, Meg; Ball, Stephen; Braun, Annette – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2010
This paper draws on an ESRC-funded study of policy enactments in English secondary schools (RES-062-23-1484) based on case-study work in four similar "ordinary" schools. The study has two main objectives; to develop a theory of policy enactment and to explore empirically the differences in the enactment of policy in similar contexts. Taking these…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Teacher Attitudes, Discipline Policy, Secondary Schools
