2003
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9620.00245
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Fighting for Respect in Urban High Schools

Abstract: This article explores the crisis of respect needed to establish authority in two urban public high schools. The crisis was fueled by discourses with conflicting speech and normative codes that undermined the moral order in classrooms and corridors and caused students and teachers to fight for respect. In classrooms, the battles for respect were fought in defense of the dominant educational regime and control over the daily regimen of pedagogical practice. In corridors, students moved between the opposing poles… Show more

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“…Financial needs often encourage entering the workforce upon high school completion (sometimes without a high school diploma), and gangs and an underground economy are easily accessible to many Mexican American youth (Anderson, 1999;Azmitia & Cooper, 2001;Hemmings, 2002Hemmings, , 2003Wells, Seifert, Padgett, Park, & Umbach, 2011). Although a growing number of researchers have focused their efforts toward improving educational outcomes for Mexican Americans, few studies have broadened exploration outside the school and family realms to consider how contextual Stressors within youths' neighborhoods also impact academic motivation and achievement.…”
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“…Financial needs often encourage entering the workforce upon high school completion (sometimes without a high school diploma), and gangs and an underground economy are easily accessible to many Mexican American youth (Anderson, 1999;Azmitia & Cooper, 2001;Hemmings, 2002Hemmings, , 2003Wells, Seifert, Padgett, Park, & Umbach, 2011). Although a growing number of researchers have focused their efforts toward improving educational outcomes for Mexican Americans, few studies have broadened exploration outside the school and family realms to consider how contextual Stressors within youths' neighborhoods also impact academic motivation and achievement.…”
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“…Respect is often interpreted differently among inner-city youth. Hemmings (2003) explained that inner-city youth perceive respect as a something important for surviving in the streets and school. She also explained that in order to survive in their environment, respect becomes the tool to gain personal authority over others, social status, self-esteem, and some kind of protection.…”
Section: Importance Of Tpsr Values On Participants' Lives (Prescriptimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Violence is not an end but a means for attaining status. Power can be a socialized alternative to aggression, another way of gaining reputation, of showing one is tough, cool, and confident (Hemmings 2003;Simmons 2002;Willis 1977). …”
Section: Joan F Goodman Is Coauthor Of the Moral Stake In Education:mentioning
confidence: 99%