Negotiating Legitimacy: Rituals and Reflection in Schools - Hardcover

Robert Hamm

 
9780992827106: Negotiating Legitimacy: Rituals and Reflection in Schools

Synopsis

A comprehensive overview on theory of rituals in school. The suggestion to ask questions not of rituals, but of actors in rituals. A report on a comparative study with teachers from free alternative schools reflecting on their ritualised practices. The importance to understand reflection as a social act, and as negotiation of legitimacy of defining, articulating and shaping reality. The problem of critically reflecting on ritual practices in institutional contexts. The need for critical questions as a route to consciously enacting alternatives.

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