How Long to Read The (Dis)Order of U.S. Schooling

How Long Does it Take to Read The (Dis)Order of U.S. Schooling?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read The (Dis)Order of U.S. Schooling by Eric Ferris

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book critically interrogates the function of schooling in the United States of America using the writings of sociologist Zygmunt Bauman. Asking whether the function is to produce citizens, workers, a combination of the two, or something altogether different, it argues that the designs of schooling are part of a carefully crafted ordering, illustrated via an analysis of the ways in which schooling introduces students to various forms of coercion and seduction that socialize students in particular ways: ways that support an order. By engaging with the prolific and insightful works of one of the most prominent social thinkers of the 21st century, this book considers schooling and its contributions to order. Be they solid or liquid modern ordering mechanisms, ordering through repression and seduction, or supporting ordering through the creation of boundaries separating an “orderly inside” from its “disorderly outside,” schools imperfectly support the construction of order and in doing so, privilege some representations and individuals over others. To order is to harness ambivalence and steer it in directions that privilege the “in” group at the expense of the “out” group; and schools, from the curriculum they teach to the values and ideas they promote, are desirable captive marketplaces instrumental in steering this ambivalence. The author ultimately suggests that the function of schools, whether recognized or not, are not so much to educate students to be free thinkers, but rather to be orderly cogs in a particular functional social machine. As such, the book will be of interest to faculty, scholars, and postgraduate-level students with interests in the sociology of education, schooling, sociology, and social theory.

How long is The (Dis)Order of U.S. Schooling?

The (Dis)Order of U.S. Schooling by Eric Ferris is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The (Dis)Order of U.S. Schooling Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read The (Dis)Order of U.S. Schooling aloud.

What Reading Level is The (Dis)Order of U.S. Schooling?

The (Dis)Order of U.S. Schooling is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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