Schooling and Society - Myths of Mass Education

Informationen zum Autor Gordon Tait is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology. An award-winning teacher, he has taught sociology and philosophy for over thirty years, and has published books on education, sociology, cultural studies, philosophy and criminology. Klappentext This new textbook is a wide-ranging, contemporary and accessible analysis of familiar myths about mass education in the United Kingdom. Zusammenfassung This new textbook is a wide-ranging! contemporary and accessible analysis of familiar myths about mass education in the United Kingdom. Offering knowledge from various disciplines! it is an essential resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses on the sociology of education! culture and education! and the philosophy of education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Re-Assessing the Three Pillars: Modern and Postmodern Sociologies of Education: 1. Social class; 2. Gender; 3. Race/ethnicity; Part II. The Foundations of an Alternative Approach: Education and Governance: 4. Governance; 5. Subjectivity; 6. Pre-adulthood; 7. Big data; Part III. Cultural Contexts of Contemporary Education: 8. The media; 9. Popular culture; 10. Technology; 11. Globalisation; Part IV. Philosophy and Mass Education: 12. Philosophy; 13. Ethics, disability and the law; 14. Truth and postcolonialism; Conclusion: the central aims of this book.

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Tait, Gordon (Queensland University of Technology) Tait, Tait Gordon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.2017
• EAN: 9781107158009
• ISBN: 978-1-107-15800-9
• No. of pages: 424
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Educational psychology, History of Education, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational systems and structures