1st Edition

State Schooling and the Reproduction of Social Inequalities Contesting Lived Inequalities through Participatory Methods

By Sharon Jones Copyright 2023
178 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book critically explores the role of state schooling in the reproduction of social class inequalities in the UK. By uniquely combining critical ethnographic methods with participatory and visual research, it foregrounds the experiences and recollections of working class adults in relation to their past schooling. Drawing upon her own lived experiences, Jones theorises the experiences of... Read more

Stepping out of Line?: An Autobiographical Reflection of Growing up Working Class, to Becoming Educated and Moving beyond the Status Quo  1. Class, State Schooling and Social Inequality in the UK: Historical and Current Context  2. Applying Marxist, Bourdieusian and Freirean Theories to the Study of Social Class and Schooling  3. Researching with Adults: A Visual Intervention within Critical Ethnography (VICE)  4.  Social Class and Generational Transmission  5. Working Class Experiences of Schooling and Beyond  6. Engaging Agency: Problematising and Finding the Solution  7. Conclusion: Beyond Social Injustices – Building ‘Praxis’ into Forms of Teaching and Research

Biography

Sharon Jones completed her PhD in the Sociology of Education at Anglia Ruskin University, UK.

This book makes a fresh and much-needed contribution to the understanding of the education of the working class. It is methodologically unique and theoretically rich. Sharon Jones renews Marxist analyses of educational disadvantage and the role of education in the distribution of opportunities.

Dr Spyros Themelis, University of East Anglia