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Dynamics in Circle Rituals - Daily Life at a German Reform Pedagogic School
von: Hongyan Chen
Waxmann Verlag GmbH, 2016
ISBN: 9783830985242 , 176 Seiten
Format: PDF
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Preis: 26,99 EUR
Book Cover
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Acknowledgements
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Table of Contents
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Abstract
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1. Introduction
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1.1 The Morning Circle in Academic Discussion
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1.2 Ritual as the Framework of Circle Analysis
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1.3.1 Beyond the Talking Circle
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1.3.2 Order and Power in the Playful Morning Circle
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1.3.3 Qualitative versus Quantitative Research
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1.3 Stating Questions
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1.3.1 Beyond the Talking Circle
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1.3.2 Order and Power in the Playful Morning Circle
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1.3.3 Qualitative versus Quantitative Research
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1.4 Structure of this Research
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2. The Morning Circle as Ritual Performance
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2.1 Ritual as a Dynamic Process: The Transformation of Ritual Study
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2.1.1 Ritual as an Academic Discourse: From Myth to Social Practice
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2.1.2 Towards a Dynamic Ritual: Ritual as a Performance Process
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2.1.2.1 Ritual as the Performing and Transmission of Cultural Heritage
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2.1.2.2 Ritual as the Constructing and Performing of Social Institutions
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2.2 The Morning Circle as Theatrical Ritual Performance
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2.2.1 The Morning Circle as Performative Ritual
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2.2.2 Make a Difference: The Ludic Element of the Morning Circle
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2.3 Body and Mimesis
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2.3.1 Paralanguage: The Body as an Anthropological Topic
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2.3.2 The Unnatural Body
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2.3.3 The Creative Body: Body and Mimesis
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2.3.4 Gesture: Language of the Body
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Chapter Summary
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3. Methodology and Methods
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3.1 Participant Observation as Performing Ethnography
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3.1.1 Problems of Participant Observation
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3.1.2 Participant Observation as Performative Process
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3.1.2.1 Phase One
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3.1.2.2 Phase Two
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3.1.2.3 Phase Three
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3.2 Videography in the Classroom: How Kids Play with the Camera
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3.3 An Analytical Tool: Documentary Methods of Video-Interpretation
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3.3.1 Documentary Methods
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3.3.2 The Application of Documentary Method in this Study
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3.3.2.1 Two Provisos: Conjunctive Experience and the Double Structure of the Body
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3.3.2.2 Performativity in Video: Dimensions of Video Analysis
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Chapter Summary
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4. The School Field: Creating a Communicative Living Space
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4.1 The School as a Building
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4.1.1 The School in the City
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4.1.2 The Internal Structure of the School
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4.1.3 The Playground
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4.1.4 School as a Communicative Social Space
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4.2 The School Profile: The School as a Community
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4.2.1 The School Reform in Process: The Way to a Community
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4.2.2 The Incongruence of Space and Culture
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4.3 A Routine Day: We are a Jena-Plan School now
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4.3.1 The Rhythm of a Routine School Day
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4.3.2 Heterogeneous Children in a Homogenous School Setting
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4.3.3 Teacher as Nurturer vs. Teacher as Pedagogue
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4.3.4 Parents as Participants
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4.4 An Analysis Unit: Introduction to Class X
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Chapter Summary
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5. A Sketch of the Morning Circle: Performance in the Circle
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5.1 Prologue: The Morning Circle as Routine Performance
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5.2 Preparation: The Classroom as a Dynamic, Interactive Space
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5.2.1 The Mobility of the Chairs: The Construction of the Classroom
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5.2.2 The Creating of Scenes: Forming a Positive Atmosphere
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5.3 Staging and Performance: Everything is in Order
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5.3.1 Organization of Space: Let’s sit in a Circle
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5.3.2 Organization of Time: Time Sequences as Structured Time Shaping
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5.3.3 Dramatic Transition: From Chaos to Silence
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5.3.4 Body Movement in the Circle
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5.3.4.1 Sitting as Basic Form
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5.3.4.2 The Preeminence of Hands
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5.3.4.3 Facial Expressions: Glancing and Gazing
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5.3.4.4 Communicative Body
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5.3.5 Language
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5.3.5.1 The Art of Speaking
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5.3.5.2 Speech Act(s): Das ist aber schön!
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5.3.5.3 Communicative Language in the Circle
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5.4 The Ending: Informal Parting of the Morning Circle
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Chapter Summary
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6. The Reconstruction of the Scenes: On Orders and the Ludic
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6.1 Meta-Communicative Framework: Making an Acquaintanceship
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6.1.1 The Circle as a Natural Form: Performativity of the Circle
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6.1.2 Greeting and Parting Rituals
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6.2 Establishing Order
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6.2.1 Cyclic Time in the Morning Circle
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6.2.2 The Circle Space as an Active Zone
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6.2.3 Civilization in the Practice of Order
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6.2.3.1 Framing the Professional Schooling Posture
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6.2.3.2 Talkativeness as Main Criterion of Competence
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6.2.4 A Disorderly Moment as Promoter of Readjusting
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6.2.5 Spoilsports: Who Breaks the Rules and Who Deserves to be Punished
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6.2.6 Under the Auspices of Order
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6.3 The Ludic Morning Circle: Power In-Between
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6.3.1 Have Fun!
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6.3.2 Gender as Game: Between Playful and Serious
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Chapter Summary
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7. Discussion
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7.1 Magic Circle Rituals as a Basic Framework of Modern School Practice
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7.2 Rethinking Method and Methodology
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Bibliography
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Appendix: Transcription Key
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