Contradictions of Control: School Structure and School Knowledge
- ISBN-10
- 1135209286
- ISBN-13
- 9781135209285
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 234
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-10-14
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Linda M. McNeil
Description
McNeil traces the poor quality of high school instruction t the tensions between the social control purposes of schooling and the schools' educational goals.
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