No time on their hands

Children and the narrative architecture of school diaries

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4356399
AutoresColin Symes (0000-0002-9748-7446, Macquarie University, autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume21
Fascículo2
Páginas156-174
Data de publicação2012-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTime & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0961463x10380022
OpenAlexW2327721847
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas27

Diaries are elements of a school's documentary reality. They possess a complex 'narrative architecture' and serve multiple functions. In addition to playing an important role in inducting students into the adroit chronometry of contemporary work, the school diary is also a manual of self-government, given that much of it deals with goal setting, managing health and conflict resolution. On the grounds that it ameliorates communication between the school and parents, the diary, unlike its adult counterparts, is subject to regular inspection. As such, it is part of the machinery of surveillance and accountability that are features of neo-liberalist schooling

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