"This research should make us extremely sceptical that the constant search for 'higher standards' and for ever-increasing achievement scores can do much more than put in place seemingly neutral devices for restratification." - Michael W Apple, John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and [...]
Education studies, including work in the foundation disciplines of sociology, philosophy and history as well as policy sociology, has at its heart a concern with social justice and the question of how education might be able to contribute to this. This book sets out a series of possible approaches t[...]
Brings sophisticated but accessible theoretical tools together with ethnographic data from real schools Demonstrates the inseparability of categories such as gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, ability, disability, special needs Develops tools for understanding the relationships between schoo[...]
* Brings sophisticated but accessible theoretical tools together with ethnographic data from real schools * Demonstrates the inseparability of categories such as gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, ability, disability, special needs * Develops tools for understanding the relationships between[...]