Between 'Enrichment' and 'Endangerment': 'Cultural Diversity' and the Politics of Belonging in the Berlin School Choice Discourse

Autor/inn/en	Roch, Anna; Dean, Isabel; Breidenstein, Georg
Titel	Between 'Enrichment' and 'Endangerment': 'Cultural Diversity' and the Politics of Belonging in the Berlin School Choice Discourse
Quelle	In: Ethnography and Education, 13 (2018) 2, S.137-153 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745 -7823
DOI	10.1080/17457823.2017.1283246
Schlagwörter	Ethnography; Cultural Pluralism; School Choice; Foreign Countries; Cultural Differences; Enrollment; Bilingual Education; Parents; Neighborhood Schools; Educational Quality; Urban Areas; Parent Participation; Elementary Education; Elementary Schools; Elementary School Students; Germany (Berlin) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnografie; Kulturpluralismus; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Ausland; Kultureller Unterschied; Einschulung; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Eltern; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Urban area; Stadtregion; Elternmitwirkung; Elementarunterricht; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule
Abstract	Even though choice is not officially a feature in the German primary school system, some parents intervene in determining which school their child attends. Especially in urban contexts, the informal school market is growing. This demand is based on promises with respect to a certain quality of education as well as on issues that prevail in certain inner city schools. In looking at Berlin, as a global city, this article shows how contrary school choice practices gain traction in the face of 'cultural differences' that those practices produce discursively. Cultural semantics are activated with regard to the composition of the student body, when parents chose schools with a bilingual profile, but also when parents engage in the practice of 'group enrolment' into schools in inner city hotspots perceived as problematic. Our research shows how school choice practices may become acceptable despite being a public taboo, if parents argue by appeal to 'cultural differences.' (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01