Sociology of Education

Building on three qualitative studies in grades four through twelve, The Charged Classroom examines the deeply embedded tensions, escalating pressures, and exciting possibilities of the contemporary American public school classroom...

Drawing on rich qualitative data, these internationally renowned authors reveal how Black Caribbean middle-class parents attempt to navigate their children successfully through the school system, and defend them against low expectations and other manifestations of racism/discrimination...

Drawing on rich qualitative data, these internationally renowned authors reveal how Black Caribbean middle-class parents attempt to navigate their children successfully through the school system, and defend them against low expectations and other manifestations of racism/discrimination...

Juxtaposing self-understanding through the method of currere and the historical character of hakbeolism (referring to a social status based on a shared academic background), this book articulates how subjective reconstruction of self in conjunction with historical study can be transformative, and ho..

Using the knowledge and experience of education practitioners and theorists, these volumes look at the connection between education and society. Many areas are looked into which made these books standard texts for all teachers...

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

In this provocative study the author challenges many contemporary assumptions about the modern family, the circumstances of home life which lead to academic success and the proper relationship between home and school. The modern family is not ‘in decline’; its history is a success story. It is stabl..

In this provocative study the author challenges many contemporary assumptions about the modern family, the circumstances of home life which lead to academic success and the proper relationship between home and school. The modern family is not ‘in decline’; its history is a success story. It is stabl..

In this provocative study the author challenges many contemporary assumptions about the modern family, the circumstances of home life which lead to academic success and the proper relationship between home and school. The modern family is not ‘in decline’; its history is a success story. It is stabl..

Introduces teachers & future teachers of foreign langs. to what they need to know & understand about lang, lang attitudes, lang practices, lang rights, lang policy, and related issues. Brings together foreign lang ed and critical pedagogy. Designed for..

In The Mythopoetics of Currere, Doll uses depth psychology, myth, and literature to offer a new approach to currere, the root of curriculum, through essays exploring significant literary images that open doorways into the fictions that layer the self. _x005F_x000D_  ..