1st Edition
Understanding the Primary School A Sociological Analysis
By David Hartley
Copyright 1985
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this study, first published in 1985, the author explores the construction of educational ideologies and assesses to what extent they are put into practice by the teachers. He examines the ‘politics’ of education within the school; the extent to which the head teacher, as the bureaucratic authority in the school, seeks to impose his or her own views and the degree to which teachers see... Read more
List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Sociology of the Primary School 2. The Pupils and Their Social Background 3. Rockfield School: ‘The Only Stable Part of Their Lives’ 4. Rockfield School: ‘You’re Here to Work’ 5. ‘Stabilizers’, ‘Straddlers’ and the ‘Poor Relations’ 6. ‘Nutters’, ‘Tragedies’ and ‘Dead Horses’ 7. Status Differentiation: Ethnicity and Gender 8. Teachers’ Definitions of Pupils: Ethnicity and Sex 9. The Good Ones Will Make it Anyway’; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index
Biography
David Hartley
