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'An essential student-friendly text for Education Studies.' Dr Gillian Forrester, Subject Head for Education & Early Childhood Studies, Liverpool John Moores University 'Introducing students to the complexities of Education Studies is a difficult task and this book will go a long way to making it easier. I will definitely be recommending this to all my students.' Kevin Brain, Programme Leader, Education Studies, Leeds Trinity University This textbook explains the basic principles of sociology and relates these concepts to today's society and education system in order to deepen your understanding of how these issues affect our lives and the world we live in, encouraging you to think critically and to develop a 'sociological imagination'. Coverage includes: the wider political and economic context for education in the UK, including an analysis of the reforms of the 2010 coalition government childhood, schooling and pupil voice non-traditional consideration of critical pedagogy, 'race' and gender the role of education in a multicultural society inequalities in educational opportunity in terms of class, ethnicity and disability. This is essential reading for students on undergraduate Education Studies degrees, and for sociology courses covering educational issues.

The major theories explored are those concerned with social mobility and those which derive from a relativist position in Sociology, both of which see education as a selection mechanism for a stratified society. Social class, family, sociolinguistics and schools are among the topics discussed. In this analysis the author: defines key areas in the sociology of education gives access to important concepts of Marx and Engels strengthens sociological starting points by adding a Marxist element discriminates between radically different directions in education maps the main features of long-term wor

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Author's Preface -- 1. The Nature of Sociology -- 2. The Sociology of Education -- A. Its Origin and Development -- Β. Educational Sociology and Sociology of Education -- C. The Content of the Sociology of Education -- 3. Society and Culture -- Α. Society -- Β. Culture -- 4. Social Change and Education -- A. Some Facts and Theories of Social Change -- Β. Social Change and Education -- 5. The State, Politics and Education -- A. The Role of the State in Education -- Β. Politics and Education -- 6. The Economy and Education -- A. Some Problems of the Economics of Education -- Β. The Demand, Supply and Cost of Education -- 7. Social Stratification and Education -- A. Castes and Estates -- Β. Social Class -- C. Some Theories of Social Stratification -- D. Social Class and Education -- 8. Social Mobility and Education -- A. The Meaning of Social Mobility -- Β. The Theory of Embourgeoisement -- C. Education and Social Mobility -- 9. The Family and Education -- Α. Family Structures -- Β. The Functions of the Family -- C. The Family and Education -- 10. The Self, Society and Education -- A. The Development of the Self -- Β. The Self and Education -- 11. The School and Society -- A. The School and its Relationships -- Β. The School and its Organization -- C. The School as a Society -- 12. The Teacher and His Role -- A. The Teacher and his Training -- Β. The Teacher and his Profession -- C. The Teacher and his Role -- 13. The Pupil in the Classroom -- A. Peer Groups and Group Dynamics -- Β. Society in the Classroom -- 14. The Sociology of the Curriculum -- A. The Development of the Curriculum -- Β. Some Social Implications -- 15. School, Pupil and Social Pathology -- A. Deviant and Delinquent Behaviour -- Β. Anomie -- C. Delinquency and Crime Today.