Understanding Education: A Sociological PerspectiveISBN: 978-0-7456-3344-2
Hardcover
240 pages
September 2009, Polity
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Fills a gap in the sociology of education market for an accessible
and thought-provoking theoretical text for upper-level
undergraduates.
Combines a comprehensive and rigorous overview of various
thinkers, theories and concepts in the sociology of education, with
a clear and accessible style.
Explores the values that underpin various theories of education
in order to ask, and help answer, questions such as who should be
educated, how and when should they be educated and what should they
be taught.
Covers sociologists’, teachers’ and policymakers’ experiences and understandings of education.