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- Explores age as an aspect of social identity within the context of formal education
- Questions why age remains such a crucial aspect of self-making in contemporary society
- Examines the self-making of both pupils and teachers in a secondary school in England
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Book Title: Schooling and Social Identity
Book Subtitle: Learning to Act your Age in Contemporary Britain
Authors: Patrick Alexander
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-38831-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38830-8Published: 31 January 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38831-5Published: 30 January 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 289
Topics: Sociology of Education, Schools and Schooling, Personal Development, Sociology of Education, Self and Identity