Cover; Contradictions of Control; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series editor's introduction; Author's preface; Acknowledgments; Part One Choice and contradictions; 1 School structure and classroom knowledge; 2 Structure and choice; Part Two Four high schools; 3 Forest Hills High School; 4 Freeburg High School; 5 Maizeville High School; 6 Nelson High School; Part Three Control and resistance; 7 Defensive teaching and classroom control; 8 Economies of learning; 9 Contradictions of control; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
McNeil traces the poor quality of high school instruction t the tensions between the social control purposes of schooling and the schools' educational goals
