Turns to theories and cultural representations of psychosocial life to reflect on, and better understand, the challenges of learning in times of social strife.

Shows how education reforms take place within cauldrons of political interests and conflicting values and beliefs.

Independent researchers interview urban middle school students to get their impressions of the teachers that help them to succeed in schools.

Presents powerful lessons about the realities of school reform by portraying the experiences of five teachers involved in a restructuring initiative.

A fascinating ethnographic study of a high school in Toronto, with surprising insights into how these adolescents identify themselves in terms of race, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality.

Examines the ways in which cultural practices and knowledges are produced in and out of schools around the world.

Schools have been traditionally defined as institutions of instruction, but the authors of this volume challenge that position in order to generate a new set of cultural categories and constructs through ...