Understanding Education: A Sociological Perspective - Rilegato

Gewirtz, Sharon; Cribb, Alan

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ISBN 10: 0745633447 ISBN 13: 9780745633442

Casa editrice: Polity Pr, 2009

Riassunto

What purposes should education serve? Why does education matter? What should be done about education?

These fundamental questions of value are not always seen as central to the sociology of education. However, this book argues that they are pivotal and provides a sophisticated and engaging invitation to the field that is designed to open up these important issues. It draws attention to the many points of disagreement that exist between major thinkers in the sociology of education, and the values on which their ideas are based. By involving readers in crucial questions about the potential contribution of sociology to education policies and practices, it aims to bridge the divide between education as it is talked about by academics, and the concerns of policymakers and educators who have to make practical decisions about what is to be done.

The book reviews competing approaches in the sociology of education – structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, Marxism, feminism, critical race theory and poststructuralism – and shows how these can be applied to major themes such as social reproduction, the politics of knowledge, multicultural education, identity and teachers’ work. Throughout, the authors emphasise the importance of understanding social and educational values and the ways in which these underpin and impact upon the work of both academics and educators.

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Recensione

"The authors are to be commended for their densely nuanced exploration of complex debates about values, reflexivity and ethics in sociological knowledge and for their use of local, national, global and interdisciplinary examples of educational practices, processes and instances."
Sociology

"Provides a thorough, cohesive and incisive account of the ways in which a value based approch to education has much to offer. The clarity of the arguments make it a good text to use with students whilst also providing an engaging resource for those who have a background in education but may not have considered their field in this light."
Sociological Research Online

"This book is about how the sociology of education works as an intellectual practice. It offers new and important insights into the complex and often troubled relations between sociology and education."
Stephen Ball, Institute of Education, University of London

"With extraordinary clarity, Gewirtz and Cribb map the complexity of theories and perspectives in the sociology of education and interweave a discussion of the centrality of its political and ethical dimensions. They build a compelling, nuanced and much needed case for a rigorous politically committed educational sociology."
Pauline Lipman, University of Illinois at Chicago

"This important book charts the field of sociology of education, with innovative attention to the issue of values within this body of work. The analysis both celebrates and interrogates the normative dimension of sociologists′ work in education, and in doing so provides a lively engagement with the field that will stimulate students and experts alike."
Becky Francis, Roehampton University

L'autore

Sharon Gewirtz, Professor of Education at King’s College London, and

Alan Cribb, Professor of Bioethics and Education at King’s College London

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• Editore: Polity Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0745633447
• ISBN 13: 9780745633442
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 232