First Day in Secondary School: Learning To Be a "Professional Pupil.".

Lahelma, Elina; Gordon, Tuula

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ERIC Number: EJ571254

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Publication Date: 1997

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First Day in Secondary School: Learning To Be a "Professional Pupil."

Lahelma, Elina; Gordon, Tuula

Educational Research and Evaluation (An International Journal on Theory and Practice), v3 n2 p119-39 Jun 1997

The first day in secondary school of four groups of Finnish students entering seventh grade in two schools was analyzed in an ethnographic study focusing on initial encounters between students and teachers and how the construction, negotiation, and learning of the "profession" of being a pupil in a secondary school begins. (SLD)

Descriptors: Educational Environment, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Junior High School Students, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Finland

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