Politics, Religion and Morals: The Symbolism of Public Schooling for the Urban Middle-Class Identity

Autor/in	Rowe, Emma E.
Titel	Politics, Religion and Morals: The Symbolism of Public Schooling for the Urban Middle-Class Identity
Quelle	In: International Studies in Sociology of Education, 26 (2016) 1, S.36-50 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0962-0214
DOI	10.1080/09620214.2016.1200479
Schlagwörter	Moral Values; Religion; School Choice; Middle Class; Urban Schools; Public Schools; Foreign Countries; Social Class; Self Concept; High Schools; Religious Education; Catholic Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; Educational Attitudes; Ethnography; Participant Observation; Interviews; Qualitative Research; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Mittelschicht; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Ausland; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Selbstkonzept; High school; Oberschule; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Katholische Schule; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Ethnografie; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung; Australien
Abstract	Research points to sections of the middle-class repopulating the "ordinary" urban public school and whilst there are key differences in how they are navigating public school choices, from "seeking a critical mass" to resisting traditional methods of choice and going "against-the-grain", or collectively campaigning for a brand new public school, the urban middle-class are developing contemporary methods to challenge the existing ways of thinking about middle-class choice. Drawing on this literature, this paper explores the symbolism of public schooling for relatively affluent choosers in the city of Melbourne, Australia. The positioning of public schooling as essentially secular and liberal indicates how the public school is valorised within the contemporary market place. Within a market that tends to undersell the public school, the perceived lack of organised religion and progressivism may be the unique selling point for the cosmopolitan, globalised consumer. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01