Theory and educational research [electronic resource] : toward critical social explanation / Jean Anyon with Michael J. Dumas ... [et al.].

Title from t.p. in ebrary Reader (viewed Dec. 12, 2008).

Published on: ebrary. Ebrary opening screen lists publ. date as 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Critical social theory, educational research, and intellectual agency / Jean Anyon -- Critical social theory and the study of urban school discipline : the culture of control in a Bronx high school / Kathleen Nolan -- Personal reflection : a theoretical journey -- Theorizing student poetry as resistance to school-based surveillance : not any theory will do / Jen Weiss -- Personal reflection : finding theory -- Theorizing redistribution and recognition in urban education research :'how do we get dictionaries at Cleveland?' / Michale J. Dumas -- Personal reflections : early lessons -- Theorizing Black : an approach to participatory policy analysis / Eve Tuck -- Personal reflection : reading and writing theory -- Low-income Latina parents, school choice, and Pierre Bourdieu / Madeline Pérez -- Personal reflection : my relationship with theory -- Queer theory and teen sexuality : unclear lines / Darla Linville -- Personal reflection : queer teens and queer theory -- Epilogue / Michelle Fine.