1st Edition
Understanding Schooling An Introductory Sociology of Australian Education
338 Pages
by
Routledge
338 Pages
by
Routledge
340 Pages
by
Routledge
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This analysis of Australian schooling relates international sociological research to the actual experiences of teachers in the classroom, and sets those experiences in the wider context of the Australian school system and of the socioeconomic conditions which shape children before they even enter school. From this basis of understanding, it shows how theory can be used to help teachers to reflect... Read more
Preface Introduction Teacher practice and sociological theory 1 Being a teacher 2 What makes a classroom? 3 The problem of school knowledge 4 Understanding the system 5 Students in context 6 Schooling processes and educational outcomes 7 School and society 8 Teachersand change 9 Radical teaching and the adaptive school
Biography
Miriam Henry, John Knight, Robert Lingard, Sandra Taylor
`... it fills a gap in the field that has been there for many a year.' Discourse
