Learning the Routines: "Professionalization" of Newcomers in Secondary School.

Gordon, Tuula; Lahelma, Elina; Hynninen, Pirkko; Metso, Tuija; Palmu, Tarja; Tolonen, Tarja

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Publication Date: 1999

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Learning the Routines: "Professionalization" of Newcomers in Secondary School.

Gordon, Tuula; Lahelma, Elina; Hynninen, Pirkko; Metso, Tuija; Palmu, Tarja; Tolonen, Tarja

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, v12 n6 p689-705 Nov-Dec 1999

Focuses on how new students become positioned and position themselves as "professional pupils," or students who can conduct themselves competently without making mistakes or getting into conflict. Based on an ethnographic study of two secondary schools in Helsinki, Finland in 1994-95. (CMK)

Descriptors: Educational Experience, Educational Research, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Observation, School Culture, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Student Behavior

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Finland (Helsinki)

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