Adolescent life and ethos : an ethnography of a US high school
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Adolescent life and ethos : an ethnography of a US high school
（Education policy perspectives）
Falmer, 1992
- : pbk
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"Education policy perspectives series"--Cover title
Bibliography: p. 212-215
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Chang provides a description and a cultural interpretation of American adolescent life. Based on anthropological fieldwork among adolescents in a small high school and its surrounding community, this ethnography presents a description of their social life, an interpretation of the cultural ethos reflected in their lives and a discussion of procedural and personal dimensions of conducting ethnographic research.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Doing ethnographic fieldwork. Part 2 Adolesescent life: introduction to a Greenfield adolescent
- Green Lake community
- Greenfield High School
- a typical school day
- adolescent life outside the school. Part 3 Adolescent ethos: getting along with everyone
- being independent
- getting involved
- the duality of adolescent ideals. Part 4 doing ethnogrpahy: reflecting in ethnographic experiences.
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