Political Relationship and Narrative Knowledge

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Political Relationship and Narrative Knowledge A Critical Analysis of School Authoritarianism

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Peter B. Armitage

Book Code: H690

ISBN: 0-89789-690-4

ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-690-0

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256 pages, figures

Bergin & Garvey

Publication: 6/30/2000

List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Critical Studies in Education and Culture Series

Endorsement From Jack Hodges
Author of The Maker of the Omnibus: Lives of English Writers Compared (1993) and The Heart of the Writer: The Public and Private Lives of English Writers (1994): This is a considerable and learned work by an educationalist steeped in contemporary authorities. We might expect to have found such an erudite author quite early in his career pontificating in the rarefied groves of Academe. Instead,...he is slogging it out at the coal-face as an assistant teacher. I want to say that the Narrative for me had a compelling fascination....Certainly it is a book for all educationalists.
Endorsement From Bernard Crick
Chairman of the UK official advisory group on
The Teaching of Citizenship and Democracy in Schools: Rarely if ever have I read such a subtle critique of the pathetic inadequacy of an authoritarian practice in a single institution....This is a book far greater than the sum of its parts and deserves a wide readership among social scientists and theorists.

Description: Armitage taught for one year in a British grammar school from 1971 to 1972 when the school amalgamated with a secondary modern school to form a comprehensive school. He followed the political practices and episodes of the amalgamation in relation to their political and educational significance. The amalgamation seemed to result in an ineffective and underperforming school and he tried to introduce practical and constructive changes. His narrative describes his political struggle to reform the school in the face of an anti-democratic and authoritarian culture. The causes of failure are analyzed, and the real, complex, and messy functioning of a school system uncovered. The need to understand the politics and culture of schooling is advocated. A model of micropolitical action and responsibility is demonstrated that could help result in improvement of educational institutions.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The Making of a Comprehensive School: The Significance of Micropolitical Practices
Narrative Action and Theoretical Explanation
A Micropolitcal Process
Disciplinary Tribunal for Criticizing a Head Teacher
The Politics of Domination
Discourse, Policy, Politics
Authoritarianism Versus Authority
The Ideological Domination and Emancipation of Educators
Narrative Explanation, Validity, and Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 99-055885

LCC Class: LC93

Dewey Class: 370


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