Transmission of Values in a Church School

In this research, the transmission of values was§investigated by conducting an ethnographic study of a§secondary church school in England. The study§investigated the manifold ways in which the practices§of classroom teachers communicate values. In§addition, school assemblies, religious services, and§teachers meetings were observed to illuminate the§communication of values in the school s cultural§community. Bernstein s concepts of classification and§framing were modified to analyze the data collected§and determine the expressive and instrumental values§conveyed. Findings from this research identified§values transmitted by classroom teachers and submit§recommendations for teacher-training programs. The§marketing of values by teachers revealed a§disjunction between their stated values and their§actual practices. The conclusion suggest that market§pressures facing English schools were creating§practices which manifested a narrow set of values in§teachers whose pedagogy was reflective of such§influences. This finding was set against the rhetoric§of teachers values and the school s official aims§and values.