Sociology of Educating Fourth Edition

by Meighan, Roland; Siraj-Blatchford, Iram

• ISBN13: 9780826462763
• ISBN10: 0826462766
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Since it was first published in 1981, Sociology of Educating has become a firmly established text in its field. This fourth edition retains much of the structure and content of its predecessors, whilst benefiting from significant changes which take account of educational issues that have arisen and developed in recent years. The text covers a wide range of topics clearly, and in depth. They include further education, home-based teaching, educational research and grading and examining. In line with current thinking, this edition places increased emphasis on educating outside and beyond the school, and pre-school. Every chapter ends with "signposts" which encourage students to pursue ideas and themes raised in the text, and the references and suggestions for further reading have been comprehensively updated and expanded to facilitate this.Completely redesigned for greater accessibility, this new edition of Sociology of Educating is ideal for student teachers as well as experienced teachers and educationalists wishing to reinforce their earlier studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Preface to the First Edition	ix
Preface to the Second Edition	xi
Preface to the Third Edition	xiii
Preface to the Fourth Edition	xiv
Other Books by the Authors	xvi
PART ONE: FAMILIARIZATION	1	(62)
1. A Taste of Sociology	3	(10)
2. Pupils as Clients?	13	(15)
3. Teachers as Victims?	28	(12)
4. Parents as Educators?	40	(15)
5. Mass Media	55	(8)
PART TWO: THE HIDDEN CURRICULUM	63	(120)
6. The Hidden Curriculum: An Overview	65	(12)
7. Space Talks: The Hidden Curriculum of Educational Buildings	77	(12)
8. Timetables	89	(12)
9. The Official Curriculum	101	(24)
10. Organization	125	(10)
11. Teacher Expectations	135	(13)
12. The Hidden Curriculum of Language	148	(21)
13. Assessment	169	(14)
PART THREE: IDEOLOGIES OF EDUCATING	183	(64)
14. The Concept of Ideology	185	(6)
15. Ideologies of Education	191	(16)
16. Authoritarian and Non-authoritarian Ideologies of Education	207	(10)
17. A Case Study in an Ideology of Education: Autonomous Study	217	(14)
18. Case Studies: Democratic Education	231	(16)
PART FOUR: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES AND THE STUDY OF EDUCATION	247	(68)
19. Social Systems, Structures and Functions	251	(13)
20. The Action Perspective	264	(15)
21. The Conflict Perspective: A Marxian Approach	279	(18)
22. Doing Research in Schools and Classrooms	297	(9)
23. Postmodernism	306	(9)
PART FIVE: EDUCATIONAL LIFE CHANCES OR WHO GETS WHAT?	315	(66)
24. Labelling Theory and Life Chances	317	(7)
25. Gender Identity	324	(12)
26. Social Class	336	(13)
27. 'Race' and Ethnic Identity	349	(17)
28. Other Minorities: Those with 'Special Needs'	366	(15)
PART SIX: SIGNPOSTS TO THE NEXT LEARNING SYSTEM	381	(36)
29. Alternatives	383	(10)
30. Anatomy of Choice in Education	393	(9)
31. The Next Learning System	402	(15)
References	417	(22)
Subject Index	439	(5)
Name Index	444