Sociology of Education Books

New and Published Books

1. Resourcing Early Learners

   New Networks, New Actors

   By Sue Nichols, Jennifer Rowsell, Helen Nixon, Sophia Rainbird

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   The landscape of early childhood education and care is changing. Governments world-wide are assuming increasing authority in relation to child-rearing in the years before school entry, beyond the traditional role in assisting parents to do the best they can by their children. As part of a social...

   Published May 22nd 2012 by Routledge
2. Thinking Comprehensively About Education

   Spaces of Educative Possibility and Their Implications for Public Policy

   Edited by Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Edmund W. Gordon

   While much is known about the critical importance of educative experiences outside of school, little is known about the social systems, community programs, and everyday practices that can facilitate learning outside of the classroom. Thinking Comprehensively About Education sheds much-needed light...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
3. Educating for Peace in a Time of Permanent War

   Are Schools Part of the Solution or the Problem?

   Edited by Paul R. Carr, Brad J. Porfilio

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   What is the meaning of peace, why should we study it, and how should we achieve it? Although there are an increasing number of manuscripts, curricula and initiatives that grapple with some strand of peace education, there is, nonetheless, a dearth of critical, cross-disciplinary, international...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
4. Understanding the Field of Educational Leadership

   Pierre Bourdieu

   By Pat Thomson

   Series: Critical Studies in Educational Leadership, Management and Administration

   Bringing Bourdieu to the study of Education Management, Leadership and Administration assumes a normative opposition to a meritocratic view of education. Through a lifetime’s explication of the ways in which schooling both produces and reproduces the status quo, Bourdieu offers a powerful critique...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Balancing Dilemmas in Assessment and Learning in Contemporary Education

   Edited by Anton Havnes, Liz McDowell

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book focuses on dilemmas inherent in the practice of assessment in the contemporary context. New forms of assessment are being introduced in all sectors of education and training, and the culture of assessment is shifting. The authors in this volume discuss the practice of assessment,...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Cultural Exclusion in China

   State Education, Social Mobility and Cultural Difference

   By Lin Yi

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   Ethnic minorities form a very substantial proportion of the population of China, with over 100 million people in 55 formally designated minority groups inhabiting over 60% of the country’s land area. Poverty and economic inequality of minority groups are widely-recognised problems. However, as this...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. Changing Spaces of Education

   New Perspectives on the Nature of Learning

   Edited by Rachel Brooks, Alison Fuller, Johanna Waters

   In today’s modern climate, education and learning take place in multiple and diverse spaces. Increasingly, these spaces are both physical and virtual in nature. Access to and use of information and communication technologies, and the emergence of knowledge-based economies necessitate an...

   Published May 10th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Politics of Teacher Professional Development

   Policy, Research and Practice

   By Ian Hardy

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   The Politics of Teacher Professional Development: Policy, Research and Practice provides innovative insights into teachers’ continuing development and learning in contemporary western contexts. Rather than providing a list of "how-tos" and "must dos," this volume is premised on the understanding...

   Published May 8th 2012 by Routledge
9. Disability Studies and the Inclusive Classroom

   Critical Practices for Creating Least Restrictive Attitudes

   By Susan Baglieri, Arthur Shapiro

   This book’s mission is to integrate knowledge and practice from the fields of disability studies and special education. Parts I & II focus on the broad, foundational topics that comprise disability studies (culture, language, and history) and Parts III & IV move into practical topics (...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
10. Black and Postcolonial Feminisms in New Times

    Researching Educational Inequalities

    Edited by Heidi Mirza, Cynthia Joseph

    This book is a compelling collection of essays on the intersection of race, gender and class in education written by leading black and postcolonial feminists of colour from Asia, Africa and the Caribbean living in Britain, America, Canada, and Australia. It addresses controversial issues such as...

    Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge