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The Meaning of School Success and Failure at Primary School
Vojtíšková, Kateřina
The text deals with social construction of two social categories - "school success/failure" - at primary school. Data were obtained by an ethnographic study conducted at two Prague schools in eight and ninth year classes. Everyday evaluation practices of school mates and teachers toward pupils considered as un/successful were analysed. It is shown that crucial aspects of "success/failure" are not only academic abilities (intelligence) and an individual effort (merit), but also proper behaviour of child – internalization of certain values, his/her attitude towards authorities and education, being respectful. School success/failure has always moral consequences. A failure means an absence – of aspiration, intelligence, abilities, will, manners – and means stigmatisation.

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