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Learning PrivilegeAdam Howard

Learning Privilege

296 pagesFirst published 20077 editions
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How can teachers bridge the gap between their commitments to social justice and their day-to-day practice? This is the question that author Adam Howard asked as he began teaching at an elite private school. Unfamiliar with the educational landscape of privilege and abundance, he began exploring the questions he had as a teacher on the lessons affluent students are taught in schooling about their place in the world, their relationships with others, and how they see themselves. Grounded in an extensive ethnographic account of a six-year study on affluent schooling, Learning Privilege examines…

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Editions

7 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2007
    Routledge · 296 pages · 9780415960823
  • Hardcover · English · 2007
    Routledge · 296 pages · 9780415960816
  • Other · English · 2013
    Taylor & Francis Group · 272 pages · 9781135901196
  • Other · English · 2013
    Taylor & Francis Group · 9781135901202
  • Other · English · 2013
    Taylor & Francis Group · 9780203939505
  • Other · English · 2013
    Taylor & Francis Group · 9781135901158
Children of the richEducationSocial statusUpper classUpper class, educationEducation, united states