Securing Eliteness: Class Strategies of an Elite School in Chile
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| Title: | Securing Eliteness: Class Strategies of an Elite School in Chile |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Howard, Adam (ORCID |
| Source: | Globalisation, Societies and Education. 2020 18(5):564-577. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Selective Admission, Power Structure, Social Stratification, Social Class, Equal Education, Social Bias, Social Development, Values, Admission Criteria, Educational Discrimination, Private Schools, Competition |
| Geographic Terms: | Chile |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14767724.2020.1816160 |
| ISSN: | 1476-7724 |
| Abstract: | The ways in which elite schools in Chile reproduce power and privilege within the nation's highly inequitable schooling system are largely ignored by researchers and the general public. In this article, the authors address this gap by identifying and exploring the primary class strategies that an elite school employs to secure their elite status. Through these strategies, the school keeps their community closed to the outside world, promotes shared values within their community, and remains faithful to founding principles in their educational project. These strategies allow the school to uphold strong social isolation, to shield them from public scrutiny, to cultivate elite subjectivities, and to forge a framework through which hierarchies are established. The authors argue that these class strategies not only secure the school's elite status and reputation but also are central in maintaining and advancing their students' class positioning in Chile. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1268597 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The ways in which elite schools in Chile reproduce power and privilege within the nation's highly inequitable schooling system are largely ignored by researchers and the general public. In this article, the authors address this gap by identifying and exploring the primary class strategies that an elite school employs to secure their elite status. Through these strategies, the school keeps their community closed to the outside world, promotes shared values within their community, and remains faithful to founding principles in their educational project. These strategies allow the school to uphold strong social isolation, to shield them from public scrutiny, to cultivate elite subjectivities, and to forge a framework through which hierarchies are established. The authors argue that these class strategies not only secure the school's elite status and reputation but also are central in maintaining and advancing their students' class positioning in Chile. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7724 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14767724.2020.1816160 |
