- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Producing Success
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Chapter One The Wilton Way: Middle-Class Culture and Practice -
Chapter Two Parental Support, Intervention, and Policy Manipulation -
Chapter Three The Role of the School: Institutional Advantaging -
Chapter Four Identities for Control and Success: The Acquisition of Psychological Capital -
Chapter Five Teaching the “Point-Hungry” Student: Hypercredentialing in Practice -
Chapter Six “Generation Stress” and School Success -
Chapter Seven Alienation, Marginalization, and Incivility -
Chapter Eight Conclusions -
Appendix WBHS 2002 Student Survey - References
- Index
Teaching the “Point-Hungry” Student: Hypercredentialing in Practice
Teaching the “Point-Hungry” Student: Hypercredentialing in Practice
This chapter looks at the implications of achievement-oriented students' fixation on “getting good grades” for classroom learning. The chapter describes how these students perceived the purposes of school, and the specific practices they developed to maximize their academic achievement (“get the good grade with the least amount of work”) and future prospects. These included constantly judging the utility of their classes and the effectiveness of their teachers; personalizing their relationships with teachers; and cheating. The chapter explores how many teachers “padded” or “built up” grades, and how these, along with the school recognition programs make up a process of “hypercredentialing.” It is found that such an emphasis creates disjunctions between processes of credentialing and learning. Hypercredentialism can promote poor pedagogy and interfere with students' engagement with learning. It is noteworthy that according to several teachers, students who did not “play the game” of credentialing were in the minority.
Keywords: hypercredentialing, achievement-oriented, Burnham students, getting good grades, padded, built up, learning
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Producing Success
-
Chapter One The Wilton Way: Middle-Class Culture and Practice -
Chapter Two Parental Support, Intervention, and Policy Manipulation -
Chapter Three The Role of the School: Institutional Advantaging -
Chapter Four Identities for Control and Success: The Acquisition of Psychological Capital -
Chapter Five Teaching the “Point-Hungry” Student: Hypercredentialing in Practice -
Chapter Six “Generation Stress” and School Success -
Chapter Seven Alienation, Marginalization, and Incivility -
Chapter Eight Conclusions -
Appendix WBHS 2002 Student Survey - References
- Index
