Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading  Processing Request

Rituals: The Structure of Schooling at a Catholic Elementary School.

Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading   Processing Request
Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
  • Author(s): Pasma, Kristen
  • Language:
    English
  • Publication Date:
    1993
  • Document Type:
    Speeches/Meeting Papers
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Peer Reviewed:
      N
    • Source:
      43
    • Subject Terms:
      Administrator Role; Catholic Schools; Communication Research; Educational Environment; Elementary Education; Ethnography; School Culture; Socialization; Teacher Behavior
    • Abstract:
      An ethnographic study examined the practice of rituals as the pervasive form of communication at St. Mary's (a pseudonym) Catholic elementary school. Four specific rituals illustrate this communication process: morning assembly, "Pass the Pen,""Sparkles," and "Yes please/No thank-you." Morning assembly begins each school day, involving the entire student body and faculty. The other three rituals represent typical rituals of the fifth-grade class at St. Mary's. Although each ritual remains unique in its form and content, together the rituals establish a distinct form of communication and contribute to a process of schooling at St. Mary's which can be labeled "School-as-Order/Structure." The rituals both reinforce communication as an orderly sequence of events and structure the way children become socialized into the schooling process. (Author/RS)
    • Publication Date:
      1994
    • Accession Number:
      ED363904