Sociology of Education Today

by Demaine, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780333778289
• ISBN10: 0333778286
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-02
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This entirely new edition of Contemporary Theories in the Sociology of Education brings together important recent work by some of the most prominent educational sociologists. The book examines a wide range of empirical issues and differing theoretical perspectives, including social class, race, and educational policy.

Author Biography

Jack Demaine is Senior Lecturer in Education at Loughborough University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii
Notes on the Contributors	ix
Introduction: Research in Sociology of Education Today	1	(4)
Jack Demaine
Shaping the Sociology of Education over Half-a-Century	5	(25)
Roger Dale
Purpose: the dominant project	7	(3)
Location: the conditions of academic work	10	(3)
Context: opportunities and constrains	13	(1)
The selection principle and the focus and approaches of the sociology of education in Britain, 1950-95	14	(12)
Conclusion	26	(3)
Acknowledgement	29	(1)
Feminist Sociology of Education: dynamics, Debates and Directions	30	(19)
Jo-Anne Dillabough
Madeleine Arnot
A conceptual framework	33	(1)
Rationalistic theorizing: `intrinsic' and extrinsic approaches	34	(5)
Relational epistemologies and the question of `gender' in education	39	(5)
Critical modernization theory	44	(2)
Future considerations	46	(2)
Acknowledgement	48	(1)
Rethinking Social Justice: A Conceptual Analysis	49	(16)
Sharon Gewirtz
Rethinking the boundaries of social justice	49	(3)
Four approaches to justice	52	(11)
Conclusion: a social justice agenda for education policy sociology	63	(1)
Acknowledgements	64	(1)
The New IQism: Intelligence, `Ability' and the Rationing of Education	65	(35)
David Gillborn
Deborah Youdell
Reform and equity	66	(5)
The research	71	(2)
The A-to-C economy	73	(2)
Constructing `ability'	75	(4)
Ability, intelligence and IQuism	79	(3)
`Race', class and ability	82	(4)
Ability, selection and the rationing of education	86	(2)
Education as triage	88	(5)
Conclusions	93	(4)
Notes	97	(3)
New Teachers and the Question of Ethnicity	100	(19)
Bruce Carrington
Alastair Bonnett
Anoop Nayak
Geoff Short
Christine Skelton
Fay Smith
Richard Tomlin
Jack Demaine
The scope of the research	101	(2)
The evidence of the gatekeepers	103	(3)
Perceived constraints on recruitment	106	(4)
Staying on the course or dropping out	110	(1)
Supporting ethnic minority students	111	(4)
Conclusion	115	(3)
Acknowledgements	118	(1)
Manufacturing The Global Locality, Customizing the School and Designing Young Workers	119	(23)
Jane Kenway
Peter Kelly
Sue Willis
Researching VET in globalizing circumstances	120	(1)
Global economies of signs and spaces	121	(1)
Manufacturing place in global economies	122	(6)
Manufacturing enterprising young people	128	(12)
Conclusion	140	(1)
Note	141	(1)
Development, Democracy and Deviance in Contemporary Sociology of Education	142	(21)
Lynn Davies
Development, democracy and deviance in education	145	(3)
Theorizing a new sociology of education	148	(3)
Complexity and Change	151	(1)
Communication, knowledge, memory and modelling	152	(4)
Human rights and transformative deviance	156	(3)
`Voices' in development	159	(1)
Trying to catch the rain	160	(3)
The Sociology of Comparative Education	163	(17)
Lawrence Saha
Theories in comparative education	165	(5)
The three dimensions of comparative education and studies of development	170	(3)
Summary	173	(5)
Conclusion	178	(2)
New Class Relations in Education: the Strategies of the `Fearful' Middle Classes	180	(16)
Stephen ball
Carol Vincent
The end of class?	182	(1)
Class in context	183	(2)
Class strategies	185	(8)
Conclusions	193	(3)
Missing: A Sociology of Educating the Middle Class	196	(10)
Sally Power
Representations of the middle class	198	(7)
Conclusion	205	(1)
Notes	205	(1)
Vultures and Third Ways: Recovering Mannheim's Legacy for Today	206	(17)
Geoff Whitty
Background	206	(2)
The importance of the bigger picture	208	(2)
Understanding education reform	210	(4)
Researching the impact of education reform	214	(6)
Third ways?	220	(2)
Acknowledgement	222	(1)
Bibliography	223	(24)
Index	247