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Children, social class, and education : shifting identities in Fiji / by Karen J. Brison.

"Class-based self-perception is a rising issue worldwide. In Fiji, a Pacific Island nation where ethnic divisions between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijian descendants of indentured servants from India have been historically predominant, the production of social class-based identities is prima...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Brison, Karen J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:Culture, mind, and society.
Subjects:
Educational sociology > Fiji > Case studies.
Education, Preschool > Fiji > Case studies.
Kindergarten facilities > Fiji > Sociological aspects > Case studies.
Social classes > Fiji.
Group identity > Fiji.
Social classes.
Group identity.
Educational sociology.
Education, Preschool.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Students > Economic conditions.
Students > Social conditions.
Teachers > Attitudes.
Fiji.
Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Social Class and Mass Preschool Education in Fiji
  • 2. Kindergartens and Culture in Fiji
  • 3. Nurturing Multicultural Pluralism
  • 4. Producing a New Middle Class
  • 5. Becoming Very Good School Children
  • 6. Gender, Race, and Social Class: Shifting Social Categories
  • 7. Hierarchy and Friendship Epilogue.

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