Sociological Foundations of Education
- 216 pages
- English
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Sociological Foundations of Education
About this book
This volume introduces sociology as a foundational discipline of education. Education is a central structuring mechanism in shaping societies, making it a core focus for sociology. Sociologists study education in its broadest sense – as occurring within families, communities and provided by institutions. The purposes of formal education are contested and these contestations shape broader power relations locally, nationally and globally. Sociologists disaggregate processes within education to examine empirically and theoretically the various levels at which they operate. This allows them to describe and make sense of the ways that relations of inequality are developed, reproduced or unsettled and how these shape individual and group experiences and outcomes. About the Educational Foundations series: Education, as an academic field taught at universities around the world, emerged from a range of older foundational disciplines. The Educational Foundations series comprises six volumes, each covering one of the foundational disciplines of philosophy, history, sociology, policy studies, economics and law. This is the first reference work to provide an authoritative and up-to-date account of all six disciplines, showing how each field's ideas, methods, theories and approaches can contribute to research and practice in education today. The six volumes cover the same set of key topics within education, which also form the chapter titles: - Mapping the Field
- Purposes of Education
- Curriculum
- Schools and Education Systems
- Learning and Human Development
- Teaching and Teacher Education
- Assessment and Evaluation This structure allows readers to study the volumes in isolation, by discipline, or laterally, by topic, and facilitates a comparative, thematic reading of chapters across the volumes. Throughout the series, attention is paid to how the disciplines comprising the educational foundations speak to social justice concerns such as gender and racial equality.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Table
- General Editors’ Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Mapping the Field: Sociology of Education
- 2 Purposes of Education: Multiple Perspectives
- 3 Curriculum: Understanding Curriculum from a Sociological Perspective
- 4 Schools and Education Systems: Making Sense of Macro and Micro
- 5 Learning and Human Development: Sociological Explanations of Learning Inequalities
- 6 Teaching and Teacher Education: An Overview of Sociological Perspectives
- 7 Assessment and Evaluation: Global Discourses and National Effects
- List Of Contributors
- Index
- Imprint