Tait Gordon (Queensland University Of Technology) - Schooling And Society Myths Of Mass Education - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: This new book is a wide - ranging contemporary and accessible analysis of familiar and recurring myths about mass education in the United Kingdom. Looking at a variety of important issues and problems each chapter begins by dispelling myths and assumptions about the classroom going beyond class race and gender to offer analysis of topics such as discipline youth cultures information technology and globalisation. Utilising an interdisciplinary lens this book offers knowledge from disciplines as diverse as sociology philosophy jurisprudence and cultural studies. Gordon Tait examines the strengths and weaknesses of different theoretical approaches to education from critical theory to postmodernism and Foucaultian governance to post - colonialism. Analysing the many assumptions about education taken for granted in British public discourse important conclusions are drawn about which of these assumptions are fair and reasonable and which we should challenge. This book is an essential resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses on the sociology of education culture and education and the philosophy of education.
Title: Schooling And Society Myths Of Mass Education
Author(s): Tait Gordon (Queensland University Of Technology)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781316610541
Pages: 424 Pages, 1 Tables, Black And White; 10 Line Drawings, Black And White
Publication Date: 4/24/2017
Category: Educational Psychology