Download or read book The Sociology of Comprehensive Schooling written by Paul Bellaby and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1977, attempts to unravel the complex debate behind the reorganisation of comprehensive secondary schools in Britain. It sets the British experience in perspective by comparing it with that of other Western European societies and into relief by contracts with the USA. The politics of reform are explored, and their social roots in changing class relations are discussed. This book will be of interest to students of sociology and education.
Download or read book Social Class and the Comprehensive School written by Dr Julienne Ford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-06-19 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the great wealth of knowledge and experience of educational practitioners and theorists, the volumes in The Sociology of Education set of the International Library of Sociology explore the very important relationship between education and society. These books became standard texts for actual and intending teachers. Drawing upon comparative material from Israel, France and Germany, titles in this set also discuss the key questions of girls' and special needs education, and the psychology of education.
Download or read book The Sociology of Education written by P W Musgrave and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1979, this third edition of The Sociology of Education at the time held the field as the standard textbook on the subject. It takes into account the changes that occurred in the field from the publication of the first edition in 1965 and the second edition in 1972. The book is divided into three parts: the first considers the way in which the child becomes a social being and the influences upon them of the family, the peer group and the mass media; the second deals with the sociology of schooling and looks at different types and stages of schools, as well as the attitudes and forms of interaction within them; and finally the third traces the relationship between education and social institutions, and looks at the balance between the preservation of social stability and the introduction of change.
Download or read book The Sociology of Schools written by Karen Chapman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sociology of education is concerned not just with the abstract theory but with the day-to-day experiences of pupils and teachers. In this up-to-date account of the main developments in the subject, Karen Chapman shows how education offers a rich and varied field for sociologists, one easily accessible for study. She begins by setting the subject in its historical post-War context. She then goes on to outline comprehensively the subject's theoretical base and anlayses the factors that influence educational change. Specific chapters deal with the topical subjects of educational under-achievement, gender, race and the trend towards a vocational element in curriculum.
Download or read book Handbook of the Sociology of Education written by Maureen T. Hallinan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-11-24 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field of education as viewed from a sociological perspective. Experts in the area present theoretical and empirical research on major educational issues and analyze the social processes that govern schooling, and the role of schools in and their impact on contemporary society. A major reference work for social scientists who want an overview of the field, graduate students, and educators.
Download or read book The Sociology of School Organization written by Ronald King and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1983, this volume assembles recent theory on school organization, drawing on a wide range of research, mainly on schools in contemporary Britain but with some illuminating historical and overseas comparisons. It examines elements of organization both within and outside the school, and shows how they vary with the age, sex, ethnicity and social class of pupils, as well as school size and efficiency. It argues how, with understanding, organizational patterns may be changed to respond to new objectives and how they may become more effective and responsive to human needs in schools and classrooms.
Download or read book Divide And School written by John Abraham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1995. This book is concerned with how comprehensive schooling can act as a social system of class and gender differentiation. Based on a critical synthesis of feminist and sociological literature on secondary education, Abraham develops a theoretical and methodological framework for ethnographic research into the central gender and class dynamic of a comprehensive school.
Download or read book The Sociology of Education written by Olive Banks and published by Vancouver, Copp Clark Publishing. This book was released on 1968 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Etude détaillée de l'éducation et de l'économie, du schéma de mobilité sociale, de la profession d'enseignant et du contrôle des écoles et de l'éducation vis-à-vis du changement social.
Download or read book The Structure of Schooling written by Richard Arum and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2015 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reader in the sociology of education examines important topics and exposes students to examples of sociological research on schools. Drawing from classic and contemporary scholarship, the editors have chosen readings that examine current issues and reflect diverse theoretical approaches to studying the effects of schooling on individuals and society.
Download or read book Sociology Education and Schools written by Robert G. Burgess and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sociology of the School written by M. D. Shipman and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1975 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Etude de l'école en tant qu'organisation sociale différenciée : fonctions et structures de l'école primaire et secondaire.
Download or read book Progress and Inequality in Comprehensive Education written by Anthony G. Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1988, examines the development of secondary comprehensive education from the 1960s to the 1980s. Tensions and transformations in the meaning and practice of ‘comprehensive’ and ‘progressive’ education within the state education sector are examined and described. The main themes throughout the collection are the deepening crisis of comprehensive education and the profound restructuring which is taking place in secondary education as a result of current government policy. This title will be of interest to students of education and sociology.
Download or read book Contemporary Research in the Sociology of Education RLE Edu L written by John Eggleston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject matter of this book – what happens in schools, the effects of curriculum change, the reasons why some children are successful and others are not – explains just why the sociology of education is one of the most important areas to achieve political importance. There are five sections to the book covering: Educational Achievement; Educational Provision; The Organization of the School; Roles in the School and Values and Learning. The editor discusses the implications of the material presented (much of which was available for the first time when this book was originally published).
Download or read book Education and Social Integration written by S. Wiborg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces national policies behind the efforts of integrating education systems in Europe. Based on a wide-ranging historical analysis, this book offers the first fully comparative explanation of the divergent development of comprehensive education in Europe.
Download or read book The Sociology of Education written by Peter William Musgrave and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sociology of Education written by Jeanne H Ballantine and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sociology of Education: A Systematic Analysis is a comprehensive and cross-cultural look at the sociology of education. This textbook gives a sociological analysis of education by incorporating a diverse set of theoretical approaches. The authors include practical applications and current educational issues to discuss the structure and processes that make education systems work as well as the role sociologists play in both understanding and bring about change. In addition to up-to-date examples and research, the eighth edition presents three chapters on inequality in educational access and experiences, where class, race and ethnicity, and gender are presented as separate (though intersecting) vectors of educational inequality. Each chapter combines qualitative and quantitative approaches and relevant theory; classics and emerging research; and micro- and macro-level perspectives.
Download or read book The Schooled Society written by Scott Davies and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series: a href="http://www.oupcanada.com/tcs/"Themes in Canadian Sociology/aExploring how education plays a significant role in both modern society and our development as social beings, this text applies classical and contemporary theoretical approaches to study the relationship between school and society. Featuring a Canadian focus and up-to-date statistics and research,The Schooled Society offers a comprehensive examination of schooling at all levels from a sociological perspective.
