Conflict in the Classroom

A case study from Vietnam, 1918‐38

Bibliographic Data

ID11167127
AuthorsGail P Kelly (University at Buffalo, State University of New York, corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume8
Issue2
Pages191-212
Publication date1987-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Sociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0142-5692 • E-ISSN: 1465-3346
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0142569870080206
OpenAlexW2052423539
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

This article is a case study of colonial Vietnam in the period 1918 to 1938. It argues that the conflicts in the classroom and over the schools mirror those which take place in the society. In the case of colonial Vietnam, struggles over curriculum and the use of education were tied organically to class and national liberation movements. In colonial Vietnam village schools were part of class conflict between the peasantry, Vietnamese landlords and French colonisers. In elite schools conflict characterised relations between Vietnamese aspiring elites, French petty functionaries, Vietnamese collaborators with the French and the colonial state. The conflicts over and in the schools in colonial Vietnam did have an impact on changing existing social relations because they were tied to broader social movements. This case study also demonstrates that resistance to the reproduction of social class relations characterises a range of struggles and is not confined necessarily to the working class

Class conflict · Class formation · Colonialism · Curriculum · Elite · Pedagogy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social class · Sociology · State (computer science · Vietnam War · Vietnamese · Gender Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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