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Course Ideologies, Class Activities, And The Material WorldThe three programs had distinct ideologies with characteristic orientations and leading activities, even when ideological conflicts prevailed. The vocational orientation of the Suburban program was unquestioned, leading to a distinct emphasis on technology that dominated in assigned activities. The attempt at reform at Urban High met a number of obstacles and conflicting ideas in its realization, but having students develop their own video projects remained the central part of activities in the observed courses. 15 At Boarding High, the arts orientation was enacted by simply engaging students with digital media to create art. The ideologies and conflicts in ideologies behind these characteristics were materially represented in ways that were frequently confirmed by other observations as the material world mediated the emerging ideological complexes. |
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2 is to some extent the exception because productions were halted and
few had begun, but production activity dominated until they were
stopped. |
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