Canvassing conversations: obstinate issues in studies of elites and elite education

Howard, Andrew W.; Kenway, Jane

doi:10.1080/09518398.2015.1077536

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“…My position as not old enough to be a parent, and additionally someone with similar interests and ethics as the students probably shaped both my access and limits to their world. However, compulsory closeness to the research subject requests critical reflection, particularly when ‘studying up’ (Howard and Kenway : 1009). My strategy has been to keep moving, by allowing myself to fully ‘feel with’ the students, incorporating their world view and self‐understanding, only to – in the next moment – force myself into critical distance, reflecting upon field notes and interview extracts as empirical data to be analysed from a theoretical outlook.…”

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The making of an egalitarian elite: school ethos and the production of privilege

Törnqvist

2018

British Journal of Sociology

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Research on privilege and education often focuses on institutions that are elite in a rather traditional way, for example schools that instruct the children of the upper classes according to a reproductive logic that reinforces existing inequalities. The present article addresses the fostering of advantage from the angle of a more ambiguous case. The Global College, a municipal Swedish upper secondary school specialized in environmental issues and global justice, offers an empirical prism for discussing the cultivation of elite identification through the formative potential of an egalitarian ethos. The relation between ethics and class is examined, not only in terms of how moral stands are classed, but also by investigating into the productive capacities of such orientation. Through extensive ethnographic fieldwork, the study unfolds how a possible tension between egalitarianism and elitism resolves into a productive relation whereby the students' incarnation of ethico-political ideals becomes a means for developing agency, confidence, entrepreneurial skills and an overall sense of ease.

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The making of an egalitarian elite: school ethos and the production of privilege

Törnqvist

2018

British Journal of Sociology

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“…In addition, we only have an incomplete or tentative picture of both these circles. To the challenges identified by Howard and Kenway (2015) and van Zanten (2016) could be added that of elaborating conceptual and methodological tools to better understand political socialisation in and outside elite schools, and to trace the roots of social violence (and resistance) in these settings. This can hardly be dissociated from further research on the mechanisms of domination and their variations across societies, and should therefore account for the impact of globalization on the elites.…”

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How Can We Identify Elite Schools (Where They Do Not Exist)? The Case of Ireland

Courtois

2020

Researching Elites and Power

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“…Current analysis (DALOZ, 2010;BALL, 2015) are to be emphasized owing to their contribution to the field especially in what concerns the reanalysis of "distinction" (BOURDIEU, 1979) and excellence. The critic produced by Howard and Kenway (2015) about the studies on the elites and the elite education is also to be highlighted as it brings together the most burning issues in this matter. Contrary to the approaches centered on the goodness of elite private schools, which risk generalization and homogenization and hide the struggles of the young generation in finding and asserting their own voice, our analysis does not join the belief of a "social paradise" (BOURDIEU, 1996;KOH, 2013) where full mutual recognition boosts and confirms individual values within the values of the group.…”

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Tirando o máximo partido da educação privada: construção de laços e significados em uma escola de elite em Portugal

Macedo

Araújo

2020

Educ. Pesqui.

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Resumo Este artigo parte da sociologia da educação para documentar e teorizar dimensões sociais, culturais e políticas da educação de jovens adultos da elite econômica em uma escola privada, que foi criada em reação à educação em massa e como forma de garantir às elites a distinção anteriormente fornecida pelo acesso em exclusivo à educação pública. O artigo traz à colação contextos e consequências associadas à ascensão da privatização, com base em uma incursão etnográfica durante mais de dez anos em uma escola privada no Norte de Portugal, complementada por grupos focais com jovens adultos no ensino secundário. Destacam-se as formas como esse grupo de elite econômica constrói os seus laços sociais e significados no interior da escola. Admite-se que a educação privada molda e reforça o status das elites econômicas. Entretanto, tensões entre desigualdade e privilégio podem surgir no decurso desse processo. Argumentamos que se há uma ação individual na interpretação e construção da realidade social, essa escola tem um impacto especial nos estudantes, como membros da elite global. Por meio desse contexto educacional, que muitas vezes reforça as expectativas de status e de mobilidade ascendente das famílias, através da educação, esses alunos são seduzidos pelo (poder do) consumo e a maioria deles quer participar do mercado de trabalho e na concorrência nacional e internacional.

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Canvassing conversations: obstinate issues in studies of elites and elite education

Cited by 33 publications

References 70 publications

The making of an egalitarian elite: school ethos and the production of privilege

The making of an egalitarian elite: school ethos and the production of privilege

How Can We Identify Elite Schools (Where They Do Not Exist)? The Case of Ireland

Tirando o máximo partido da educação privada: construção de laços e significados em uma escola de elite em Portugal

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