Title
Anyon, Jean, "Schools as Agencies of Social Legitimation," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Summer, 1981), 86-103. Reprinted pp. 175-200 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses . Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988.
Annotation
Documents social and economic stratification in students' experiences of school and in the content of the curriculum; draws implications.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline
Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Critical Inquiry
Type of Study
Single Study
Narrow Topic
Ideology and School Knowledge, Social Studies, Curriculum as Experience, Content Selection and Organization
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