Title Children, social class, and education : shifting identities in Fiji / by Karen J. Brison

Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Series Culture, mind and society Culture, mind, and society. Contents 1. Introduction: Social Class and Mass Preschool Education in Fiji -- 2. Kindergartens and Culture in Fiji -- 3. Nurturing Multicultural Pluralism -- 4. Producing a New Middle Class -- 5. Becoming Very Good School Children -- 6. Gender, Race, and Social Class: Shifting Social Categories -- 7. Hierarchy and Friendship Epilogue Summary "Class-based self-perception is a rising issue worldwide. In Fiji, a Pacific Island nation where ethnic divisions between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijian descendants of indentured servants from India have been historically predominant, the production of social class-based identities is primarily done through mass preschool education, rather than within the family unit. Based on participant-observation in kindergartens in Suva Fiji, this book shows that Suva kindergartens instill social class-specific ideas about self and society. Teachers have different goals depending on the professional background of the families who attended their schools while students create friendships based on shared experience of toys, gender roles, and mass media"-- Provided by publisher "Children, Social Class, and Education: Shifting Identities in Fiji examines the production of social class based identities through mass preschool education in Fiji, a Pacific Island nation where ethnic divisions between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijian descendents of indentured servants from India have been historically predominant. Based on participant-observation in eleven kindergartens in Suva Fiji, Children, Social Class, and Education shows that Suva kindergartens were instilling social class-specific ideas about self and society"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Educational sociology -- Fiji -- Case studies Education, Preschool -- Fiji -- Case studies Kindergarten facilities -- Fiji -- Sociological aspects -- Case studies Social classes -- Fiji Group identity -- Fiji SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Children's Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes. EDUCATION -- Essays. EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. EDUCATION -- Reference. Social classes Group identity Educational sociology Education, Preschool Stereotypes (Social psychology) Students -- Economic conditions Students -- Social conditions Teachers -- Attitudes Fiji Fiji-eilanden. Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137464088 1137464089 1349501182 9781349501182

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