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The Passions of Learning in Tight Circumstances: Toward a Political Economy of the Mind by Ray McDermott — 2010Novelists and economists often imagine and theorize characters who learn to survive under difficult circumstances. Mainstream educational research, in contrast, has missed the intelligence of people battling real-life pressures, and research accounts of what people cannot do in school appear more as symptoms of
a sorting system than a resource for reform. Educational research might be better focused on people’s accomplishments and learning in demanding situations.To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropropriate membership. Please review your options below: | This article originally appeared as NSSE Yearbook Vol 109. No. 1. |
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- Ray McDermott
Stanford University
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RAY MCDERMOTT is a professor of education at Stanford University. For 40 years, he has used the tools of cultural analysis to critique how children learn, how schools work, and why Americans have invested so heavily in the institution of school failure. Recently, he has been working on the intellectual history of American ideas about learning, genius, and intelligence. He is the author (with Hervé Varenne) of Successful Failure: The School America Builds (1998).
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