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Schools, cultural mobility and social reproduction: the case of progressive discipline

dc.contributor.authorMilne, Emily
dc.contributor.authorAurini, Janice
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-08
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-28T00:36:22Z
dc.date.available2022-05-28T00:36:22Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractDrawing on a case study of Progressive Discipline (PD), this paper asks: How does greater discretion, flexibility and parent involvement affect the application of school policy? What are the consequences of these conditions? PD is part of a suite of changes that caters to students’ individualized academic and social needs while formalizing increased parent involvement. Drawing on forty-four interviews with school staff members, we find that PD has the potential to enhance students’ social and behaviour literacy. And yet, educators are unable to fully tame higher-SES (Socio-Economic Status) parents. According to our interviewees, higher-SES parents are more likely to participate in disciplinary proceedings, confront and threaten school staff and negotiate more favourable disciplinary outcomes for their children. Our paper contributes to cultural capital theory by examining how higher-SES families exploit “discretionary spaces” (i.e., opportunities that allow parents to improve their child’s social, academic or disciplinary outcomes) in schooling organizations.
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dc.identifier.citationMilne, E. and J. Aurini. (2015). “Schools, Cultural Mobility, and Social Reproduction: The Case of Progressive Discipline.” Canadian Journal of Sociology, 40(1), 51-74. Retrieved from https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/CJS
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/593
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectcultural capital
dc.subjectcultural mobility
dc.subjectclass reproduction
dc.subjectProgressive Discipline
dc.subjectschool discipline
dc.subjectpartial compensation theory of education
dc.titleSchools, cultural mobility and social reproduction: the case of progressive disciplineen
dc.typeArticle
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