Adams, Paul,  1957 January 13- <br/><br/>
Education and society in Aotearoa New Zealand :  an introduction to the social and policy contexts of schooling and education / 
Paul Adams [and others]. 
 - 326 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-320) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Competing visions of society -- 2. Inequality and social stratification of society -- 3. Introduction to gender -- 4. Introduction to ethnicity -- 5. Aims and functions of education -- 6. The struggle for administrative control -- 7. The struggle for curriculum control -- 8. Getting qualified for the knowledge based society -- 9. Biological explanations : the legacy of Darwin -- 10. School explanations : "school effectiveness" and beyond -- 11. Family explanations : reproducing families, reproducing society -- 12. Social and political explanations : the politics of difference. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0864693702 9780864693709 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Educational sociology--New Zealand
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.430993