Griffith and Smith explore the innumerable, hidden, seemingly mundane tasks like getting kids ready for school, helping with homework, or serving on the PTA can all have profound effects on what occurs within school. Based on longitudinal interviews with mothers of school-age children, this book exposes the effects mothers' work has on educational systems as a whole and the ways in which inequalities of educational opportunities are reproduced.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Alison Griffith, Dorothy Smith
EAN: 9780415950541
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 320 g
HEIGHT: 229 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 2004-12-04
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GENRE: EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Parent Participation
WIDTH: 152 cm
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Book Themes:
History of education, Educational strategies and policy
Alison Griffith is associate professor, Faculty of Education, York University.Dorothy Smith is professor emerita, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, OISE, University of Toronto.
