1st Edition
The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Sociology of Education
Edited By Stephen Ball
Copyright 2003
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Sociology of Education brings together a carefully selected collection of articles and book chapters to reflect enduring trends in the field of Sociology of Education. Focusing on the major issues confronting education today, this lively and informative Reader provides broad coverage of the field and includes sections on crucial topics such as:
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The Sociology of education S. J. Ball 1. The forms of capital P.Bourdieu 2. 'Finding or losing yourself'?: Working-class relationships to education D. Reay 3. Education, globalisation and economic development P. Brown & H. Lauder 4. Globalisation, the Learning Society and Comparative Education P. Jarvis 5. The social construction of youthful masculinities O'Donnell & Sharpe 6. The discursive production of male/female dualism in school settings B.Davies 7. Performatives and fabrications in the education economy S. J. Ball 8. The capitalist state and public policy formation: Framework for a political sociology of educational policy making C. Torres 9. Cultural politics and the text M. W. Apple 10. Social class and pedagogic practice B. Bernstein 11. The reconstruction of primary teachers' identities P. Woods & B. Jeffrey 12. Teachers doing their economic work J. Smyth & G. Shacklock 13. Schools, families and academically able students: cantrasting modes of involvement in secondary education S. Power, G. Whitty, T. Edwards & V. Wigfall 14. Towards a sociology of learning in primary schools A. Pollard
Biography
Stephen Ball
'This is a welcome edition to the resources of teachers in the field who have not been well served in terms of readers covering a broad range of concerns in the sociology of education'. - British Journal of Educational Studies
