Parlo Singh
Speaking about Cultural Difference and School Disadvantage. An Interview study of 'Samoan' Paraprofessionals in Designated Disadvantaged Secondary Schools in Australia
Queensland University of Technology
paper uses bernsteins theory pedagogic discourse examine interview accounts educational disadvantage provided samoan community members engaged paraprofessionals secondary schools australian state queenslandwhile interview participants asked range questions australian research council funded project construction australian identities language literacy practices data extracted paper focuses accounts referred explicitly pedagogic discourses practicesin accounts samoan paraprofessionals attributed educational disadvantage arbitrary organisation students knowledge spaces schooling institutions b differences school samoan institutionsthe principles power control generating unequal selection organisation distribution school knowledge discussed light empirical research utilising bernsteins theoretical work social reproduction disadvantage schooling discourses practices