Sociology of Education

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Available Now 2018, 249 x 176 mm, 244 pp 9781108434409 | Paperback (also available as an eBook) P S

Available Now 2018, 255 x 190 mm, 364 pp 9781108445795 | Paperback (also available as an eBook)

Understanding Sociological Theory and Educational Practices

Second Edition

Edited by Tania Ferfolja, Western Sydney University Criss Jones Diaz, Western Sydney University Jacqueline Ullman, Western Sydney University

Understanding Sociological Theory for Educational Practices introduces readers to the contemporary classroom through the lens of sociological theory. By compelling readers to think critically and reflexively, this book helps future teachers create a welcoming and equitable learning environment for all students.

Contents

1. The unseen half: theories for educational practices. Part 1. Applying Poststructuralism(s): 2. Pre-service teacher identities and the social construction of childhood. 3. Gender and sexuality diversity, policy framings and the construction of the subject. 4. Regulating ‘gender climate’: Exploring the social construction of gender and sexuality in regional and rural Australian schools. Part 2. Intersecting Theories for Meaning: Postcolonialism, Critical Race Theory and Cultural Theory: 5. Destabilising privilege: Disrupting deficit thinking in white pre-service teachers on professional experience in culturally diverse, high poverty schools. 6. More than cultural celebrations: Indigenous identities in school settings. 7. Silences in growing up bi/multilingual in multicultural globalised societies: Educators’, families’ and children’s views of negotiating languages, identity and difference in childhood. 8. ‘Disaffected’ youth: Intersections of class and ethnicity. Part 3. Using Critical Theory: 9. Culture, hybridity and globalisation: Rethinking multicultural education in schools. 10. Social class and the classroom: A reflection on the role of schooling and mothering in the production and reproduction of disadvantage and privilege. 11. Digital literacies: Understanding the literate practices of refugee kids in an after-school media club. 12. Reflections on language and literacy: Recognising what young people know and can do. 13. Final ruminations on the ‘unseen half’. Making Sense of Mass Education

Third Edition

Gordon Tait, Queensland University of Technology

Making Sense of Mass Education provides an engaging and accessible analysis of traditional issues associated with mass education. The book challenges preconceptions about social class, gender and ethnicity discrimination; highlights the interplay between technology, media, popular culture and schooling; and inspects the relevance of ethics and philosophy in the modern classroom.

Contents

Part 1. Re-assessing the three pillars: modern and postmodern sociologies of education 1. Social class 2. Gender 3. Race/ethnicity

Part 2. The foundations of an alternative approach: education and governance 4. Governance 5. Subjectivity 6. Pre-adulthood 7. Big data

Part 3. Cultural contexts of contemporary education 8. The media 9. Popular culture 10. Technology 11. Globalisation

Part 4. Philosophy and mass education 12. Philosophy 13. Ethics and the law 14. Truth and postcolonialism 15. Alternative education

Conclusion: The central aims of this book