titution (Brint, 1998, 21-23).
The Microinteractional Level begins with the fact that every situation in school involves encounters between people, and this level of analysis addresses what happens in these encounters:
The important elements are what people bring to their encounters, the way they present themselves to one another, and the way those presentations are interpreted and acted on (Bring, 1998, 24).
This level of analysis can show how both successes and failures can arise from how the actors involved perceive their interactions.
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