Sociology of Education Books

New and Published Books

1. Social Origins of Educational Systems

   By Margaret Archer

   Series: Classical Texts in Critical Realism

   First published in 1979, this now classic text presents a major study of the development of educational systems, focusing in detail on those of England, Denmark, France, and Russia - chosen because of their present educational differences and the historical diversity of their cultures and social...

   Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Urban Youth and School Pushout

   Gateways, Get-aways, and the GED

   By Eve Tuck

   Series: Critical Youth Studies

   Recent efforts to reform urban high schools have been marked by the pursuit of ever-increasing accountability policies, most notably through the use of mayoral control and secondary school exit exams. This innovative and provocative volume excavates the unintended consequences of such policies on...

   Published January 22nd 2013 by Routledge
3. Moving Teacher Education into Urban Schools and Communities

   Prioritizing Community Strengths

   Edited by Jana Noel

   When teacher education is located on a university campus, set apart from urban schools and communities, it is easy to overlook the realities and challenges communities face as they struggle toward social, economic, cultural, and racial justice. This book describes how teacher education can become a...

   Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. Contextualising Narrative Inquiry

   Developing methodological approaches for local contexts

   Edited by Sheila Trahar

   Narrative inquiry is growing in popularity as a research methodology in the social sciences, medicine and the humanities. In narrative inquiry, the transparency of interactions between researcher and research participants, together with rich, contextual descriptions, help to shape and structure...

   Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
5. Exploring Education

   An Introduction to the Foundations of Education, 4th Edition

   By Alan R. Sadovnik, Peter Cookson, Jr., Susan Semel

   This much-anticipated fourth edition of Exploring Education offers an alternative to traditional foundations texts by combining a point-of-view analysis with primary source readings. Pre- and in-service teachers will find a solid introduction to the foundations disciplines -- history, philosophy,...

   Published January 6th 2013 by Routledge
6. Beyond Inclusion

   The Practice of Equal Access in Indian Higher Education

   Edited by Satish Deshpande, Usha Zachariah

   In India, two critical aspects of public policy — social justice and higher education — have witnessed unprecedented expansion in recent years. While several programmes have been designed by the State to equalise access to higher education and implement formal inclusion, discrimination based on...

   Published December 30th 2012 by Routledge India
7. Adolescent Development and School Achievement in Urban Communities

   Resilience in the Neighborhood

   Edited by Gary Creasey, Patricia A Jarvis

   This timely volume explores essential themes, issues, and challenges related to adolescents’ lives and learning in underserviced urban areas. Distinguished scholars provide theoretically grounded, multidisciplinary perspectives on contexts and forces that influence adolescent development and...

   Published December 26th 2012 by Routledge
8. Education for Civic and Political Participation

   A Critical Approach

   Edited by Reinhold Hedtke, Tatiana Zimenkova

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Participation as an element of active citizenship in democracies is a key project of international and national educational policy. Institutionalized approaches for compulsory schools provide participatory access to all young European citizens. But does this picture depict the possibilities and...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
9. Diversity, Intercultural Encounters, and Education

   Edited by Susana Gonçalves, Markus A. Carpenter

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book concerns the challenges and tensions rising from mass migration flows, unbalanced north-south and east-west relations and the increasing multicultural nature of society. The scope of the book’s theme is global, addressing diversity and identity, intercultural encounters and conflict, and...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
10. Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy in Postindustrial Societies

    The Case of Black Academic Underachievement

    By Paul C. Mocombe, Carol Tomlin

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    In postindustrial economies such as the United States and Great Britain, the black/white achievement gap is perpetuated by an emphasis on language and language skills, with which black American and black British-Caribbean youths often struggle. This work analyzes the nature of educational pedagogy...

    Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge