Author : Alan Barcan
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 12,51 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Educational sociology
ISBN : 9780868401256
An examination of the major classical sociological theories relevant to education and of the rise and decline of the new sociology of education. Author also discusses the vexed questions of equality of opportunity, the relationship between school and society, the growth of educational bureaucracies and the roles of state, church and family in education in Australia since 1949. Includes endnotes, tables and index.
Author : R. W. Connell
Publisher : Polity
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 10,97 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0745634265
This is an exciting new edition of R.W. Connell's ground-breaking text, which has become a classic work on the nature and construction of masculine identity. Connell argues that there is not one masculinity, but many different masculinities, each associated with different positions of power. In a world gender order that continues to privilege men over women, but also raises difficult issues for men and boys, his account is more pertinent than ever before. In a substantial new introduction and conclusion, Connell discusses the development of masculinity studies in the ten years since the book's initial publication. He explores global gender relations, new theories, and practical uses of mascunlinity research. Looking to the future, his new concluding chapter addresses the politics of masculinities, and the implications of masculinity research for understanding current world issues. Against the backdrop of an increasingly divided world, dominated by neo-conservative politics, Connell's account highlights a series of compelling questions about the future of human society. This second edition of Connell's classic book will be essential reading for students taking courses on masculinities and gender studies, and will be of interest to students and scholars across the humanities and social sciences.
Author : Kevin Harris
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 42,48 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780750703017
The future of schooling and education, and the role of schools and teachers in social reconstruction is critically examined. The text shows great respect for and understanding of the position of teachers in contemporary society and is internationally orientated.
Author : J. Kenway
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,33 MB
Release : 2006-06-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0230625789
This book gives insights on youth, masculinity and place by exploring spatially marginalized masculinities in stigmatized and romanticized out-of-the-way places in 'developed' Western countries. It shows the impact of globalization on place and identity through global ethnographic studies and media representations of young men in peripheral places.
Author : Griff Foley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 12,28 MB
Release : 2020-07-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 1000248259
'This is an impressive book that will be of wide interest to adult educators everywhere.Many of the book's contributors work at the University of Technology, Sydney - surely the world's pre-eminent institution for the study of adult learning, and the most open and generous location for debate. Its virtues are the book's.' Alan Tuckett, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, UK 'I am happy to endorse this book enthusiastically as being appropriate for a North American audience of adult educators.Though it's an intentionally introductory survey, it never talks down to readers, never condescends. On the other hand, it's not so intenationally erudite that it collagpses into theoretical posturing; it stays firmly grounded in and connected to practice.' Stephen Brookfield, University of St. Thomas, USA Understanding Adult Education and Training offers a broad overview of the field for adult educators and workplace trainers. It introduces the keys issues, debates and theories in a way which is relevant to practice. Its aim is to deepen readers' understanding of adult learning and education so that they can be better practitioners. Adult education is a diverse field so there is no single body of knowledge which is appropriate for all adult educators. Understanding Adult Education and Training introduces a wide range of formal theory from adult education and associated fields, and shows readers how they can use it their own circumstances. The first edition of this book has become a standard reference for students and professionals in Australia. This edition is fully revised and updated for an international readership.
Author : Julia Marusza
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 17,1 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780791448137
A poignant study of how a group of poor white urban youth find respite from poverty, violence, and racism in a local community center.
Author : Amy L. Best
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 41,34 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0814799302
Drawing on interviews with over 100 young men and women, and five years of research, the author explores the fast-paced world of kids and their cars. She reveals a world where cars have incredible significance for kids, as a means of transportation and thereby freedom to come and go, as status symbols and as a means to express their identities.
Author : Hugh Lauder
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 18,99 MB
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 1136469990
The editors have compiled this critical and comparative study of changes which took place in the New Zealand education system in the second half of the twentieth century. For other Western societies who have felt the impact of New Right policies the New Zealand case is interesting because it provides some indication of how policies of decentralization in education might be used to develop egalitarian and democratic educational policies. In recent years there have been major changes to educational systems in the Western world. Often these changes have been justified by reference to successful educational practices in other countries. However, it is not always possible simply to abstract educational practices from one context and apply them in another successfully. Moreover claims that policies in one country are more successful than those in another have to be treated cautiously: there are always problems in making valid comparisons between the educational performances of different countries. It is important, therefore, that critical and comparative studies are made of educational systems which take full account of the contexts in which they are embedded.
Author : John Whelen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 12,45 MB
Release : 2011-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 1136803963
This book re-evaluates the debate over why so many boys are failing at school, moving it from a focus on gender construction and the panic about achievement to the broader question of what it is to experience being schooled as a boy in the new liberal educational environment.
Author : Becky Francis
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 37,94 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415333245
This text draws together the findings and arguments from the vast array of material available on this topic, in order to provide a comprehensive and clear overview of the various debates about, and explanations for gender and achievement.
