Identity, agency and social institutions in educational ethnography

• Other Authors: Jeffrey, Bob, 1946-, Walford, Geoffrey
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2004.
• Series: Studies in educational ethnography ; v. 10.
• Subjects: Educational anthropology > Congresses.; Identity (Psychology) in adolescence > Congresses.; Identity (Psychology) in children > Congresses.; Social institutions > Congresses.; Physical anthropology & ethnography.; Education.; Education > General.; Electronic books.

The prime focus on the social processes of schooling within educational ethnography has tended to marginalise or eschew the importance of other 'informal' educational sites. Other social institutions, such as family, community, media and popular culture, work and prisons are salient arenas...