The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Sociology of Education brings together a carefully selected collection of articles and book chapters to reflect enduring trends in the field of Sociology of Education. Focusing on the major issues confronting education today, this lively and informative Reader provides broad coverage of the field and includes sections on crucial topics such as: social class globalization gender curriculum social inequality and social justice students and classrooms. With an emphasis on contemporary pieces that deal with issues relevant to the immediate real world, this book represents the research and views of some of the most respected authors in the field today. Stephen Ball offers a collection that is theoretically informed, internationally applicable, and universally accessible. In a specially written introduction, Ball provides a much-needed context to the current educational climate. Students of sociology and sociology of education will find this Reader an important route map to further reading and understanding.
Author(s): Stephen Ball
Edition: 1
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 312
Preliminaries......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
1 The forms of capital......Page 27
2 Finding or losing yourself Working class relationships to education......Page 42
3 Education globalization and economic development......Page 59
4 Globalisation the learning society and comparative education......Page 84
5 The social construction of youthful masculinities peer group sub cultures......Page 101
6 The discursive production of the male female dualism in school settings......Page 140
7 Performativities and fabrications in the education economy towards the performative society......Page 155
8 The capitalist state and public policy formation Framework for a political sociology of educational policy making......Page 168
9 Cultural politics and the text......Page 191
10 Social class and pedagogic practice......Page 208
11 The reconstruction of primary teachers identities......Page 233
12 Teachers doing their ‘economic’ work......Page 252
13 Schools families and academically able students contrasting modes of involvement in secondary education......Page 277
14 Towards a sociology of learning in primary schools......Page 297
