Sociology of education : possibilities and practices /
edited by Jennifer Allen.
- Third edition.
- xii, 452 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
INTERPRETING EDUCATION THROUGH SOCIAL THEORY -- Searching for hidden potatoes! : social research in education / A teacher's tool kit : an introduction to social theory / Historical context and education -- Watching the clock : changes and continuities in schools and society / In and out of the classroom : teachers' work in a changing society / Reading the fine print : tracking social movements through curriculum analysis / SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE -- Making people : socialisation and socialising agencies / Doing out maths : teaching and learning through a poststructuralist lens / SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EDUCATION -- Which girls, which boys? : gender, feminism and educational reform / Enabling Australia : responsive education and global movements of people / It's not a race : aboriginality and education / Which class do you teach? : education and the reproduction of class / Is it easy being green? : sociology and the environment / Whose disability? : inclusion and exclusion and the outgoing struggle of identity and difference / Jennifer Allen - Peter Kell -- Malcolm Vick - Malcolm Vick - Terence Lovat -- Gary Partington - Mary Klein -- Julie McLeod - Michael Singh - Deirdre Heitmeyer - John Germov - Kim Walker - Marily Kell -- SECTION ONE: Ch. 1 Ch. 2 SECTION TWO: Ch. 3 Ch. 4 Ch. 5 SECTION THREE: Ch. 6 Ch. 7 SECTION FOUR: Ch. 8 Ch. 9 Ch. 10 Ch. 11 Ch.12 Ch. 13 CULTURE AND SCHOOLING -- "Reality TV"? : school students and popular culture / Gunshots that were heard around the world : towards anti-violence pedagogies in schools / EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND SOCIOLOGY -- Schooling that works? : new vocationalism, work and schooling in the 21st century / Wicked problems : politics and schools / From page to playground : educational policy and solving educational problems / SOCIAL CHANGE AND EDUCATION -- What's in the next? : the social context of educational computing / Teachers' working knowledge : the value of lived experience / Pam Nilan - Lindsay Fitzclarence and Jane Kenway -- Peter Kell - Geoff Riordan - Kim Walker -- Greg Preston - Julie Hinde McLeod. SECTION FIVE: Ch. 14 Ch. 15 SECTION SIX: Ch. 16 Ch. 17 Ch. 18 SECTION SEVEN : Ch. 19 Ch. 20
This third edition continues to break new ground in presenting a problem-based format to examine conventional and new developments in the sociology of education and provides a thoughtful and challenging examination of the societal, cultural and historical context of education. Allen from University of Newcastle, NSW.