1st Edition

Sociology for Education Studies Connecting Theory, Settings and Everyday Experiences

Edited By Catherine A. Simon, Graham Downes Copyright 2020
168 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Sociology for Education Studies provides a fresh look at the sociology of education, focusing on themes such as habitus, hegemony and intersectionality. It supports students in applying sociological theory to their own educational experiences and developing an understanding of why social orders appear to be predetermined, why the state continues to create education policy in certain forms... Read more

Introduction  1. Sociology and Education – Graham Downes  2. Education and Habitus – Dan Bishop  3. Education as Hegemonic Structure – Graham Downes  4. Spaces of Invisibility and Marginalisation in Schools – Martin Levinson  5. Morality, Education and Social Ordering – Catherine A. Simon  6. Turning ‘intersectionality’ on its head as we navigate our journeys through difficult dialogue – Victoria Showunmi  7. The ever-present discourses in education: Discourse and educational change – Jessie A. Bustillos Morales  8. A Global Political Economy of Education: The origins – Joe Gazdula  9. The Global Political Economy of Education in the Twenty-first Century – Joe Gazdula  10. Rethinking ‘International Perspective’ in Education Studies: ‘Knowing’ education in the global era – Tingting Yuan  11. Education, Urbanisation and the Case of ‘The Child in the City’ – David Blundell  12. Enacting the International Vision of Inclusive Education: A UK case study of profound and multiple learning difficulties – Ben Simmons

Biography

Catherine A. Simon is Programme Leader for Education and Childhood Studies at Bath Spa University, UK.

Graham Downes is Programme Leader for Education Studies at Liverpool John Moores University, UK.