Understanding Schooling - An Introductory Sociology of Australian Education

Zusatztext `... it fills a gap in the field that has been there for many a year.' Discourse Informationen zum Autor Miriam Henry, John Knight, Robert Lingard, Sandra Taylor Klappentext First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung This analysis of Australian schooling relates international sociological research to the actual experiences of teachers in the classroom, and sets those experiences in the wider context of the Australian school system. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Teacher practice and sociological theory 1 Being a teacher 2 What makes a classroom? 3 The problem of school knowledge 4 Understanding the system 5 Students in context 6 Schooling processes and educational outcomes 7 School and society 8 Teachersand change 9 Radical teaching and the adaptive school

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• Authors: Miriam Henry, Miriam Etc. Taylor Henry, Miriam Knight Henry, Miriam Taylor Henry, Henry Miriam, John Knight, Robert Lingard, Lingard Robert, Sandra Taylor
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1990
• EAN: 9780415008952
• ISBN: 978-0-415-00895-2
• No. of pages: 338
• Series: Routledge Education Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy