Education and Cultural Fact

"In this controversial work, Herve Varenne and Ray McDermott explore education as cultural phenomenon--a construct of artifice and reality we impose upon ourselves. Questioning how the American educatio"

List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
The Makings of Some Educational Facts
Adam, Adam, Adam, and Adam: The Cultural Construction of a Learning Disability	p. 25
The Farrells and the Kinneys at Home: Literacies in Action	p. 45
The Voice of the Choir, the Voices in the Choir	p. 63
Joint Action on the Wild Side of Manhattan	p. 86
Racing in Place	p. 106
Education and the Making of Cultural Facts
Disability as a Cultural Fact	p. 131
Ways with Theoretical Words	p. 157
Local Constructions of Educational Facts	p. 183
Conclusion: Beyond Explaining Why
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index
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