Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ593774
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Publication Date: 1998
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Banter for Breakfast: Youth, Power and Resistance in an (Un)Regulated Space.
Bogad, Lesley
Educational Studies: A Journal in the Foundations of Education, v29 n4 p376-92 Win 1998
A weekly discussion group for high school students, held at a church before school, provided youth with a place to make connections across differences and to engage in stimulating debate with peers. Anecdotes illustrate how the youth group resisted unfair practices of adult authority while failing to openly recognize the power dynamics within the group. Contains 33 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Empowerment, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics, High School Students, Peer Relationship, Social Status, Youth Programs
AESA, Eastern Michigan University, 1215 Huron River Drive, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (annual subscription: ind. $25.00, inst. $30.00, foreign add $5.00).
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue title: "Adolescence, Gender and Schooling."
