Christmas in U.S. K-12 Schools: Categorizing and Explaining Teacher Awareness of Christo-Normativity

Autor/inn/en	Puchner, Laurel; Markowitz, Linda
Titel	Christmas in U.S. K-12 Schools: Categorizing and Explaining Teacher Awareness of Christo-Normativity
Quelle	In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 41 (2020) 4, S.545-558 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0159-6306
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2018.1512074
Schlagwörter	Christianity; Holidays; Laws; Social Capital; Cultural Capital; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Religious Factors; Educational Policy; Public Schools; Inclusion; Diversity; Elementary Secondary Education; Kindergarten; Elementary School Teachers; School Districts; Advantaged; Religious Cultural Groups; Islam; Judaism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Christentum; Holiday; Feiertag; Ferien; Law; Recht; Sozialkapital; Lehrerverhalten; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Inklusion; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; School district; Schulbezirk; Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Judaismus
Abstract	To reduce Christo-normativity in United States of America schools, most schools tend to only educate teachers about what religious practices are allowed by law. The question we ask is whether a focus on structural policies, like law, works. We apply Bourdieu's theory of habitus, capital, and field to discuss the findings from 27 interviews we completed with teachers/administrators. We found that participants tended to fit into five categories related to their awareness of whether they promoted Christo-normativity. Those who were relatively aware were either Apologists or Non-celebrators and those who were less aware were Non-apologists, Promoters, or Deniers. We argue that while structural policies to reduce Christo-normativity in public schools may be effective for Apologists and Non-celebrators, such a policy may be ineffective or resisted among Non-apologists, Promoters or Deniers. (As Provided).
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