Successful Failure: The School America Builds

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Figures ix
• Preface xi
• Acknowledgments xv
• Introduction 1
• Part One The Makings of Some Educational Facts 23
• 1: Adam, Adam, Adam, and Adam: The Cultural Construction of a Learning Disability 25
• 2: The Farrells and the Kinneys at Home: Literacies in Action 45
• 3: The Voice of the Choir, the Voices in the Choir 63
• 4: Joint Action on the Wild Side of Manhattan 86
• 5: Racing in Place 106
• PART TWO Education and the Making of Cultural Facts 129
• 6: Disability as a Cultural Fact 131
• 7: Ways with Theoretical Words Hervé Varenne and Ray McDermott 157
• 8: Local Constructions of Educational Facts 183

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Figures ix
• Preface xi
• Acknowledgments xv
• Introduction 1
• Part One The Makings of Some Educational Facts 23
• 1: Adam, Adam, Adam, and Adam: The Cultural Construction of a Learning Disability 25
• 2: The Farrells and the Kinneys at Home: Literacies in Action 45
• 3: The Voice of the Choir, the Voices in the Choir 63
• 4: Joint Action on the Wild Side of Manhattan 86
• 5: Racing in Place 106
• PART TWO Education and the Making of Cultural Facts 129
• 6: Disability as a Cultural Fact 131
• 7: Ways with Theoretical Words Hervé Varenne and Ray McDermott 157
• 8: Local Constructions of Educational Facts 183
• 9: Conclusion: Beyond Explaining Why 207
• Appendix A 219
• Appendix B 221
• Appendix C 235
• References 243
• Name Index 255
• Subject Index 259