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Author:   Len Barton
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781138866423

ISBN 10:   1138866423
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   07 April 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section 1: Social Theory and Education 1. New developments in the New Sociology of Education 2. Romanticising resistance, Romanticising Culture: Problems in Willis's Theory of Cultural Production 3. Vertical and Horizontal Discourse: An Essay 4. The Responsible Anarchist: Postmodernism and Social Change Section 2: Social Inequality and Education 5. Liberal Ideology, Radical Critiques and Change in Education: A Matter of Goals 6. Sex and Social Class Inequalities in Education: A Re-Examination 7. Inequality in Higher Education: A Study of Class Barriers 8. Help or Hindrance? Higher Education and the Route to Ethnic Equality Section 3: Sociology of Institutions, Curriculum and Pedagogy 9. A Comparative Sociology of School Knowledge 10. Sex and the Quiet Schoolgirl 11. Knowledge and the Curriculum in the Sociology of Education: Towards a Reconceptualisation 12. Racist Harassment in the White Hinterlands: Minority Ethnic Children and parents' Experiences of Schooling in Northern Ireland Section 4: Research Practices in the Sociology of Education 13. Schooling and Radicalisation: Life Stories of New Zealand Feminist Teachers 14. Agency as a Form of Discursive Practice: A Classroom Scene Observed 15. Challenging Masculinity and Using Sexuality 16. Captured by the Discourse? Issues and Concerns in Researching 'Parental Choice'

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Len Barton is Professor of Inclusive Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. He is Editor of British Journal of Sociology of Education, Disability and Society and International Studies in the Sociology of Education.

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