The Social Construction of Virtue
The Social Construction of Virtue
- ISBN 13:
9780791430798
- ISBN 10:
0791430790
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/01/1996
- Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary
The focus is on two elementary schools: Rougement, an historically African American school that was closed during school desegregation in the 1970s, and Cedar Grove, an historically white school to which the former Rougement students were sent. Described are the histories of these schools, the communities in which they are located, and some of the people who influenced and were influenced by the schools. From those contexts the authors then make explicit the "virtues" that these communities and schools constructed and valued, and describe how those virtues came to influence lives.
The oral histories of the two schools and their communities provide the basis of a novel critique of the value conflict that has characterized educational reform in this country. The social construction of virtue offers an alternative perspective on the moral purpose of schooling in America.