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Understanding Education: A Sociological Perspective

ISBN: 978-0-7456-3345-9
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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.

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