We'd better hide those tats: a transient family tries to fit in to school
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Paper/Presentation Title | We'd better hide those tats: a transient family tries to fit in to school |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Henderson, Robyn |
Editors | May, Stephen, Franken, Margaret and Barnard, Roger |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2005 |
Place of Publication | Hamilton, New Zealand |
ISBN | 9780958250405 |
Conference/Event | 2003 1st International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity |
Event Details | 2003 1st International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity Parent International conference on language, education and diversity Event Date 26 to end of 29 Nov 2003 Event Location Hamilton, New Zealand |
Abstract | As the two main settings and experiences of contemporary children's lives, home and school have been foregrounded for their role in constructing and shaping the current parameters of childhood (Edwards, 2002). Research has often focussed on the constraining nature of school based discourses on family practices. By foregrounding school-based literacy practices to the detriment of others, the institution of schooling risks marginalising students and their families and constraining their potential levels of participation. However, little work has been done on the explicit moves that some families make to limit the institutional gaze directed towards their children. To redress this issue, this paper considers the efforts of one itinerant family, who make deliberate attempts to bridge the gap between home and school, by masking some of their home practices. |
Keywords | diversity; home-school relations; mobility; transience; itinerant |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440107. Social and cultural anthropology |
390499. Specialist studies in education not elsewhere classified | |
440301. Family and household studies | |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q054z/we-d-better-hide-those-tats-a-transient-family-tries-to-fit-in-to-school
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