Curriculum, Credentials, and the Middle Class
A Case Study of a Nineteenth Century High School
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2544656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David F Labaree (0000-0002-3416-3831, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0407 • E-ISSN: 1939-8573 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2112485 |
| OpenAlex | W2058105344 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
This historical case study of a prominent nineteenth-century high school analyzes one example of the development of the hegemonic curriculum. This developmental process hinged on the complex relationship between the high school and its middle-class constituency, a relationship that was mediated by the market in educational credentials. Shaped by bourgeois ideological principles (merit, self-discipline, and utility), the curriculum of the mid-1800s provided the school's middle-class constituents with a valuable form of symbolic wealth: i.e. educational credentials. However, by the 1880s the market in educational credentials changed. Alternative suppliers appeared on the scene, and the middle class began looking beyond a high school diploma to the acquisition of professional credentials. This market pressure forced the high school to revamp its course of study. What emerged was a version of the modern hegemonic curriculum, in which knowledge is stratified, academic, and appropriated through individual competition
Class (philosophy) · Curriculum · Epistemology · Hegemony · Ideology · Mathematics education · Middle class · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2024 (38) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |