Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education
About the Book Series
This set of 62 volumes, originally published between 1959 and 2005, amalgamates a wide breadth on the sociology of education, with a particular focus on culture, class and curriculum theory. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the subject how it has evolved over time, and will be of particular interest to students of sociology, education and those undertaking teaching qualifications.
Education and the Community
1st Edition
By Eric Midwinter
November 26, 2018
First published in 1975, this book is the first to set out a blueprint for how schools can move from a ‘traditional’ to a ‘community’ base at local authority level. After presenting a historical analysis of the organisational development of the local education authority, it goes on to put forward a...
The Sociology of Education
1st Edition
By P. W. Musgrave
October 15, 2018
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 ...
A Sociology of Education for Africa
1st Edition
By Kenneth Blakemore, Brian Cooksey
September 26, 2018
This book, first published in 1980, provides a summary of the major research findings of previous studies of the sociology of education in Sub-Saharan Africa within an original and stimulating general framework whilst also devoting space to their own research findings. The major themes of the book ...
An Equal Chance: Equalities and inequalities of educational opportunity
1st Edition
By Derek Birley, Anne Dufton
September 26, 2018
This book, first published in 1971, provides an account of educational and social services, their functions, and how they relate to each other. It discusses their problems and makes constructive and original proposals for their future development. Taking the child and its needs as their central ...
Class, Ideology and Community Education
1st Edition
By Will Cowburn
September 26, 2018
The cultural, social and political existence of the working class were critical factors leading to the nineteenth century provision of a class-based education system. Changes in the organisation of this system have sought to pursue many of its original aims. Community education is an important new ...
Community Schooling and the Nature of Power: The battle for Croxteth Comprehensive
1st Edition
By Phil Francis Carspecken
September 26, 2018
In 1981, Liverpool Council ordered the closure of Croxteth Comprehensive School because of falling rolls. The local residents protested, and when this failed occupied the school and for a year ran it themselves with the help of volunteer teachers. Phil Carspecken was one of those volunteers, and ...
Culture and the Grammar School
1st Edition
By Harry Davies
September 26, 2018
This book, first published in 1965, discusses the nature of the grammar school, its curriculum and teaching methods, comparisons with sixth form education, and the change in its organisation and attitudes during a time of rapid social change in 1960s Britain. This title will be of interest to ...
Divorce and the School
1st Edition
By Kathleen M. Cox, Martin Desforges
September 26, 2018
This practical and accessible book, first published in 1987, provides examples of ways in which schools can ease children through the stress caused by changes in family structure. Through case histories the authors illustrate the sorts of problems likely to produce stress for children during ...
Education and Cultural Pluralism
1st Edition
Edited
By Maurice Craft
September 26, 2018
This collection of essays, first published in 1984, on multicultural education seeks to introduce teachers, teacher educators, educational administrators, policymakers and others to several of the most significant dimensions of the field. But it also brings out the complexity of the issues and the ...
Education and Social Change
1st Edition
Edited
By Len Barton, Stephen Walker
September 26, 2018
This book, first published in 1985, argues that changes in the education system are closely bound up with wider social and political changes. It considers items within education such as developments in teacher assessment policy and changes in the control of education policy; and external items such...
Education and Society: Studies in the Politics, Sociology and Geography of Education
1st Edition
Edited
By L. Bondi, M. H. Matthews
September 26, 2018
This book, first published in 1988, examines the most contentious issues in contemporary education. The political, social, educational and geographical impact of changes in the provision of educational services are discussed and illustrated through a wide range of case studies. Issues are examined ...
Equality, Education, and Physical Education
1st Edition
Edited
By John Evans
September 26, 2018
In this book, first published in 1993, John Evans presents a guideline for challenging sexism, racism and elitism in programmes of physical education. Physical education in relation to social class, gender, race and disability is also discussed. The results arising show problems in the teaching of ...