Finding or Losing Yourself?: Working-Class Relationships to Education.

Reay, Diane

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ERIC Number: EJ634652

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Publication Date: 2001

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Finding or Losing Yourself?: Working-Class Relationships to Education.

Reay, Diane

Journal of Education Policy, v16 n4 p333-46 Jul-Aug 2001

The English educational system is still being organized along social-class lines. Working classes have historically been "found out" in education--discovered to be inferior and less cultured and clever than middle classes. Findings from studies on higher education choice, secondary school transitions, and primary assessments underline societal consequences. (Contains 67 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Academic Failure, College Choice, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Elitism, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Middle Class, Social Class, Social Stratification, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation, Transitional Programs, Working Class

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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