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An empirical assessment of Bowles and Gintis's correspondence principle: the case of Hong Kong secondary schools.

by Tse Kwan-choi. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 181-185). / TITLE PAGE / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / DECLARATION / ABSTRACT / TABLE OF CONTENTS / LIST OF FIGURES / LIST OF TABLES / CHAPTERS: / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- The Constitutional Questions --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Objectives and Significance --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Organization of Chapters --- p.4 / Chapter 2. --- THE REPRODUCTION THESIS IN SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION / Chapter 2.1 --- Controversies over School as an Agent of Socialization --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis on Education and Reproduction:What do schools do for capitalism? --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Correspondence Principle: How do schools produce workers --- p.9 / Chapter 2.4 --- A Synopsis: the Formalization of Correspondence Principle --- p.11 / Chapter 2.5 --- Research on the Reproduction Thesis: An Overview --- p.13 / Chapter 2.6 --- Theoretical Criticisms and Evaluation: --- p.17 / Chapter 2.7 --- Setting the Research Agenda: Hypothesis for Test in the Present Study --- p.22 / Chapter 3. --- RESEARCH METHOD / Chapter 3.1 --- General Research Design --- p.25 / Chapter 3.2 --- Subjects and Sampling --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3 --- Procedures of Data Collection and Analysis --- p.27 / Chapter 3.4 --- Instruments and Measurements --- p.29 / Chapter 3.5 --- A Portrait of the 56 Schools --- p.39 / Chapter 4. --- "THE CONTEXT OF HONG KONG SECONDARY SCHOOL SYSTEM: DEVELOPMENT, DIFFERENTIATION AND INEQUALITIES" / Chapter 4.1 --- Political Economy and Education: The Structure and Development of Secondary Educational System Under a Colonial-capitalist Society --- p.42 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Differentiation of Hong Kong Secondary School System --- p.46 / Chapter 4.3 --- Differentiation and Inequalities --- p.49 / Chapter 4.4 --- Conclusion --- p.59 / Chapter 5. --- THE RESEMBLANCE THESIS / Chapter 5.1 --- Preamble --- p.61 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Dominate-subordinate Relationship between Teachers and Students --- p.61 / Chapter 5.3 --- Alienated Learning in School Life --- p.68 / Chapter 5.4 --- "Competition, Ranking and Evaluation" --- p.74 / Chapter 5.5 --- Personality and Reward System --- p.76 / Chapter 5.6 --- A Recapitulation --- p.81 / Chapter 6. --- THE FORMATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS THESIS / Chapter 6.1 --- Foreword --- p.83 / Chapter 6.2 --- The Formation of Personality --- p.83 / Chapter 6.3 --- The Orientation to Discipline --- p.88 / Chapter 6.4 --- Work Orientation --- p.91 / Chapter 6.5 --- Views on Knowledge --- p.94 / Chapter 6.6 --- Students' Educational Endeavour --- p.96 / Chapter 6.7 --- Meritocratic Orientation and Social Justices --- p.99 / Chapter 6.8 --- Students' View on the Possibility of Social Change --- p.101 / Chapter 6.9 --- A Recapitulation --- p.103 / Chapter 7. --- THE DIFFERENTIATION THESIS / Chapter 7.1 --- Preamble --- p.105 / Chapter 7.2 --- A Sketch of the Six groups of Schools --- p.106 / Chapter 7.3 --- Who Get Admitted --- p.111 / Chapter 7.4 --- Social Relationships in the Six Groups of School --- p.115 / Chapter 7.5 --- Social Consciousness of the Six Groups of School Students --- p.133 / Chapter 7.6 --- Review of the Chapter --- p.151 / Chapter 8. --- EPILOGUE:RETHINKING THE REPRODUCTION THESIS / Chapter 8.1 --- A Recapitulation --- p.153 / Chapter 8.2 --- Theoretical Discussion on the Correspondence Principle --- p.160 / Chapter 8.3 --- Limitations --- p.165 / Chapter 8.4 --- Research Directions --- p.167 / CHAPTER NOTES --- p.169 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.175 / APPENDICES / Copies of Student's and Teacher's Questionnaires

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318927
Date January 1992
ContributorsTse, Kwan-choi., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Sociology.
PublisherChinese University of Hong Kong
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, x, 185 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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