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.
Experiencing Comprehensive Education: A Study of Bishop McGregor School
1st Edition
By Robert G. Burgess
September 26, 2018
In this study, first published in 1983, Robert Burgess discusses the definitions, redefinitions, strategies and bargains used in and out of classrooms by teachers and pupils in a co-educational Roman Catholic school where he spent some time as a researcher and part-time teacher. He also looks at ...
Improving Social Intervention: Changing Social Policy and Social Work Practice through Research
1st Edition
Edited
By John Gandy, Alex Robertson, Susan Sinclair
September 26, 2018
This book, first published in 1983, considers the whole problem of how social research can lead to improvement in practice in social policy and social work. In the first section, individual chapters discuss the political context within which research is commissioned and used, through consideration ...
Life in the Classroom and Playground: The Accounts of Primary School Children
1st Edition
By Bronwyn Davies
September 26, 2018
This study, first published in 1982, approaches children from an ethogenic viewpoint. It records their own accounts of their social world and sees them as members of a distinct culture with its own perspective, code of behaviour and strategies for making sense of their lives. The author suggests ...
Physical Education, Sport and Schooling: Studies in the Sociology of Physical Education
1st Edition
Edited
By John Evans
September 26, 2018
In Britain the physical education curriculum has been experiencing a period of unrest. For many teachers the practices of decades have become problematic features of their curriculum and teaching. This book, first published in 1986, explores the experiences of teachers and pupils in programmes of ...
Policy and Practice in Multicultural and Anti-Racist Education: A case study of a multi-ethnic comprehensive school
1st Edition
By Peter Foster
September 26, 2018
This fascinating case study, first published in 1990, of how policies work out in a real school setting is placed in the context of the wider debate about multi-cultural, anti-racist education. This book also makes suggestions for the shaping of future policy. This book should be of interest to ...
Progress and Inequality in Comprehensive Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Anthony G. Green, Stephen Ball
September 26, 2018
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 ...
Reforming Education and Changing Schools: Case studies in policy sociology
1st Edition
By Richard Bowe, Stephen J. Ball, Anne Gold
September 26, 2018
The Education Reform Act introduced in England and Wales in 1988 brought about enormous changes in schools, both as management units and as educational institutions. This book, first published in 1992, was the first to look at the effects of the Act in all its aspects on the basis of empirical ...
Resources for Educational Equity: A Guide for Grades Pre-Kindergarten - 12
1st Edition
By Merle Froschl, Barbara Sprung
September 26, 2018
This title, first published in 1988, provides a comprehensive compilation of resources to help teachers and policy makers locate the materials they need to create equitable curriculum and classroom environments. While its primary focus is on girls and women, Resources for Educational Equity takes a...
Risk, Education and Culture
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrew Hope, Paul Oliver
September 26, 2018
In recent years education has become increasingly perceived as an area of risk. A number of highly publicised incidents have heightened awareness of the potential dangers to be found in teaching intuitions. Although there is now a substantial conceptual literature on risk and the meaning of the ...
Sociological Interpretations of Education
1st Edition
By David Blackledge, Barry Hunt
September 26, 2018
This book, first published in 1985, provides a clear readable account of the principal sociological approaches to education. It is organised around the three main sociological perspectives on education: the Durkheimian and Functionalist, the Marxist and the Interpretative. It concentrates on the ...
Teacher and Pupil: Some Socio-Psychological Aspects
1st Edition
By Philip Gammage
September 26, 2018
This title, first published in 1971, provides a guide to the social psychology of learning. The author examines the school class as a group and considers the formation of some of the attitudes of the children and the teacher as they relate to education. Building upon interaction as a major theme, ...
Teachers and Classes: A Marxist analysis
1st Edition
By Kevin Harris
September 26, 2018
In this study, first published in 1982, the author draws on his considerable experience at all levels in the school system to present a radical Marxist critique of that structure. He argues that the schooling process within contemporary corporate capitalism is inimical to education, while true ...