Sociology of Education

In Engaging Schooling, the authors use case studies to engagingly demonstrate how schools can use pedagogical change to enable students from low-SES backgrounds to benefit academically and socially from their schooling. _x005F_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x005F_x000D_  ..

The author stresses some of the central educational interests of radical movements through the radical organizations of the 1780s and 1790s, and early nineteenth-century political and social movements, including the utilitarians, Owenites, Chartists and Tory radicals. He discusses educational ideas ..

The author stresses some of the central educational interests of radical movements through the radical organizations of the 1780s and 1790s, and early nineteenth-century political and social movements, including the utilitarians, Owenites, Chartists and Tory radicals. He discusses educational ideas ..

Presents research finding and information about school violence in the U.S., with a focus on strategies for increasing school safety...

In this book, first published in 1993, John Evans presents a guideline for challenging sexism, racism and elitism in programmes of physical education. Physical education in relation to social class, gender, race and disability is also discussed. This title will be of interest not only to teachers bu..

Explores contemporary issues of ethnic, cultural, and national identities and their influence on the social construction of identity, from the perspectives of seven nations: China, Israel, Japan, South Africa, Ukraine, Wales, & the U.S...

Researchers who conduct ethnography in science education tend to have a deep commitment for transforming science to improve the lives of people in underserved communities. This edited volume explores how contemporary ethnographers in science education bring to light the local production of scientifi..

This collection of work addresses the contribution that ethnography and linguistics make to education, and the contribution that research in education makes to anthropology and linguistics...

Carrying through the major focus of the 2004 edition—to reflect on the influence of Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of "lines of flight" and its application to curriculum theorizing—this volume explores how lines of flight have since shifted and produced expanded understandings for curriculum theory ..

Carrying through the major focus of the 2004 edition—to reflect on the influence of Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of "lines of flight" and its application to curriculum theorizing—this volume explores how lines of flight have since shifted and produced expanded understandings for curriculum theory ..

In this study, first published in 1983, Robert Burgess discusses the definitions, redefinitions, strategies and bargains used in and out of classrooms by teachers and pupils in a co-educational Roman Catholic school where he spent some time as a researcher and part-time teacher...

Grounded in empirical research, this volume examines the challenges to academic success that migrant farmworker students face in the U.S. This book provides pragmatic strategies and interventions and considers practical and policy implications to increase migrant student academic achievement and sup..