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DePalma, Renee; Matusov, Eugene; Smith, Mark – Teachers College Record, 2009
Context: What Varenne and McDermott described as "conventional schooling" is characterized by underlying values of competition and credentialism implicit in an unconscious, cultural framework for U.S. institutional schooling. Schools that define themselves in opposition to this cultural heritage consider themselves innovative schools and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Competition, Coping, Conventional Instruction