Learning to Leave: The Irony of Schooling in a Coastal CommunityThe relationship between rural communities and contemporary education is analyzed in this innovative case study of the town of Digby Neck, Nova Scotia. Rather than supporting place-based curriculums and establishing social, economic, and cultural networks within suburban populations, the modern school has typically stood in opposition to local life. Contemporary classes also incorrectly teach rural children that their communities and traditional lifestyles have nothing of value to offer. This report explains that if education is to be democratic and serve the purpose of social and cultural elevation, then it must adapt to the specificity of its locale. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 81
Page 101
... education to move more than ever before.16 Even though they have higher education levels than their predecessors , more than 50 percent of men and 10 percent of women in Cohort 3 have not completed secondary education . Without higher ...
... education to move more than ever before.16 Even though they have higher education levels than their predecessors , more than 50 percent of men and 10 percent of women in Cohort 3 have not completed secondary education . Without higher ...
Page 148
... education , it was generally the case that this support seldom went any further than mild verbal encour- agement . Indeed , where else could it go , given that even extended second- ary education ... higher education a legitimate possibility ...
... education , it was generally the case that this support seldom went any further than mild verbal encour- agement . Indeed , where else could it go , given that even extended second- ary education ... higher education a legitimate possibility ...
Page 239
... education trajectory . The connection between higher education and actual work remained vague and undefined , and as a consequence he left before completing his degree to find work in the fishery . I never , ever thought where I'd go ...
... education trajectory . The connection between higher education and actual work remained vague and undefined , and as a consequence he left before completing his degree to find work in the fishery . I never , ever thought where I'd go ...
Other editions - View all
Learning to Leave: The Irony of Schooling in a Coastal Community Michael Corbett No preview available - 2020 |
Common terms and phrases
ambivalence analysis argues Atlantic Canada Bauman Bay of Fundy boat Bourdieu Canadian career Census choices coastal communities cohort connection contemporary context cultural capital Digby County Digby Neck discourse dragger economic educa education credentials elite fishing families employment Female fish plants fisherman fishery formal education gender global grade graduation habitus high school higher education identity income individuals industry kids kind labour learning Learning to Labour leave leavers levels living lobster Looker male stayers mass media McJobs migration mobile modern move munities Neckers nity Nova Scotia opportunities options out-migration particularly pause percent population post-secondary education Poststructural privilege region remain resistance rural communities rural schools rural youth secondary school sense small-boat social class society space structure survive teachers theory there's things tion Toronto traditional typically urban wanted working-class young women