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État de publication: publié
Nom de la revue: Ethnography and Education
Intervalle de pages: 1-19
Résumé: In Quebec, within a context of school competition, most public secondary schools now offer both the regular programme and specialised programmes, many of which are enriched and selective. Drawing on data collected in a public high school located in a socioeconomically disadvantaged and culturally diverse area of Quebec City, this article investigates how students in specialised programmes are governed. Combining a sociology of school markets with a Foucauldian approach, the article highlights a disciplinary apparatus embedded in the organisation of the specialised programmes. This normative infrastructure aims to regulate students’ performance and behaviour while contributing to the school’s position within the local educational market. The findings also highlight how students who deviate from the ‘ideal’ profile of specialised programmes participants face administrative and symbolic exclusion. In conclusion, the article questions the disciplinary and normalising mechanisms that may lead to the exclusion of students from selective specialised programmes in such schools.
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