Schooling as Uncertainty: An Ethnographic Memoir in Comparative Education

by Frances Vavrus

Book Overview

In today's uncertain world, few beliefs remain as firmly entrenched as the optimistic view that more schooling will lead to a better life. Though this may be true in the aggregate, how do we explain the circumstances when schooling fails to produce certainty or even does us harm? Schooling as Uncertainty addresses this question by combining ethnography and memoir as it guides readers on a 30-year journey through fieldwork and familyhood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350164496
• ISBN13: 9781350164499
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"