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Saltmarsh, Sue – Critical Studies in Education, 2008
This paper considers the discursive production of violence in the context of educational markets. Drawing on a larger study of sexually violent incidents that occurred in an elite private boys' school in Sydney, Australia, in 2000, the paper examines disciplinary traditions and communicative practices surrounding these events. Insights from Michel…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Single Sex Schools, Private Schools, Competitive Selection
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Saltmarsh, Sue – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2007
Educational discourse in Australia has been dramatically altered in recent decades as neoliberal choice policies favouring an increasingly marketized, tiered educational landscape have witnessed a burgeoning of private sector schooling. In this climate, many perceive private sector schooling as providing moral, social and academic benefits beyond…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ideology, Private Sector, Public Sector
Bank, Barbara J., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
In this two volume set, educators explore the intersection of gender and education. Their entries deal with educational theories, research, curricula, practices, personnel, and policies, but also with variations in the gendering of education across historical and cultural contexts. The various contributors discuss gender as a social construction.…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Sororities, Sex Fairness, School Choice
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Delfabbro, Paul; Winefield, Tony; Trainor, Sarah; Dollard, Maureen; Anderson, Sarah; Metzer, Jacques; Hammarstrom, Anne – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
;This study examined the nature and prevalence of bullying/victimization by peers and teachers reported by 1,284 students (mean age = 15.2 years) drawn from a representative sample of 25 South Australian government and private schools. Students completed a self-report survey containing questions relating to teacher and peer-related bullying,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Educational Environment, Gender Differences