
- 368 pages
- English
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Sociology of Education
About this book
This textbook explains the basic principles of sociology and how a sociological understanding is vital for understanding how ideas about education and schooling have developed over time and how these issues directly affect our own lives today.
This fully updated second edition will encourage students to think critically about hotly contested debates in education and what has influenced different perspectives on these issues.
New to this edition:
· Two new chapters on early approaches to sociological research and social class and social mobility
· A new case study feature throughout the book
· Enhanced coverage of recent education policy, child poverty, political extremism and the politics of independent and grammar schools.
This is essential reading for students on undergraduate Education Studies degrees, and for sociology courses covering educational issues.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Publisher Note
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- About the authors
- Acknowledgements
- New to this edition
- 1 Sociology and education studies
- 2 Early sociology of education
- 3 Early approaches to sociological research
- 4 Developments in sociology of education
- 5 Critical and radical pedagogies
- 6 Differential educational attainment and the debate about intelligence
- 7 Social class and social mobility
- 8 Multiculturalism, ‘race’ and power
- 9 Reimagining gender roles
- 10 Inclusion: Disability and special educational needs
- 11 The social construction of childhood
- 12 Education policy
- 13 Young people and pupil voice
- 14 Transformations
- Index