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Forsey, Martin – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2010
Based mainly on my own ethnographic research, which is committed to uncovering the constructed or "practiced" nature of social life, I seek to demonstrate the ways in which Australian school teachers, administrators, students and parents are engaged in a re-productive process that simultaneously reinforces and reinvents schools and…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Social Life, Ethnography, Educational Environment
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Marjoribanks, Kevin – Journal of Social Psychology, 1995
Reports on a study of the relationships between social categories, defined by ethnicity, gender, and social status, and school-related outcomes among 470 16-year-old Australian adolescents and their parents. Finds that differences in students' learning environments and school outcomes were related strongly to ethnicity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Ethnic Groups