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Direct linkStocker, Karen – International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice: Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies, 2005
This article addresses the democratic rhetoric taught in a Costa Rican High School and the ways in which that rhetoric clashed with school practices that revealed hierarchies based on race, ethnicity, class, and religion. This contradiction was rendered visible through student elections, the Independence Day celebration, and civic acts. Through…
Descriptors: High Schools, Social Influences, Social Class, Religious Factors
