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Martyn Hammersley talks to Paul Willis. Willis argues that the counter culture is a part of a wider working class culture. He discusses the 'rationality' of this culture: he sees it as the means by... which lower stream pupils make sense of and make bearable their lives in school, The central irony is, however, that ultimately the culture is not 'counter'. For though this culture causes problems for teachers in schools eventually it acts to reproduce the class structure and thereby the structure of the existing society. The programme looks particularly at Willis' attempt to combine an ethnographic approach to research with a Marxist theoretical perspective on the social world.
Martyn Hammersley talks to Paul Willis. Willis argues that the counter culture is a part of a wider working class culture. He discusses the 'rationality' of this culture: he sees it as the means by... which lower stream pupils make sense of and make bearable their lives in school, The central irony is, however, that ultimately the culture is not 'counter'. For though this culture causes problems for teachers in schools eventually it acts to reproduce the class structure and thereby the structure of the existing society. The programme looks particularly at Willis' attempt to combine an ethnographic approach to research with a Marxist theoretical perspective on the social world.
| Module code and title: | E202, Schooling and society |
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| Item code: | E202; 06 |
| Recording date: | 1977-03-17 |
| First transmission date: | 07-05-1977 |
| Published: | 1977 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:17:03 |
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| Producer: | David Thompson |
| Contributors: | Martyn Hammersley; Paul Willis |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | School Counter Culture |
| Master spool number: | BLN11950H113 |
| Production number: | BLN11950H113 |
| Available to public: | no |
