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Psychological Meanings of Social Class in the Context of Education

Joan M. Ostrove (Editor), Elizabeth R. Cole (Editor), Irene Hanson Frieze (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1884-2
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248 pages
December 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • Focuses on understanding attitudes, beliefs and attributions about class.

  • Examines the processes through which education may provide class mobility for some, while maintaining class status for others.

  • Brings attention to the implications of a critical psychology of social class for both educational policy and practice.

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