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Frontiers in Sociology of Education [electronic resource] / edited by Maureen T. Hallinan.

By: Hallinan, Maureen T [editor.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research: 1Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011Description: XXXII, 317 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789400715769.Subject(s): Social sciences | Sociology | Social Sciences | Sociology | Education (general)DDC classification: 301 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
The Future of Schooled Society -- Social Stratification and Education -- Designed Instruction and Grouping Students to Enhance the Learning of All -- Cognitive Epidemiology -- Education and Quality of Life -- Changing Families, Changing Education -- Degree Completion and Socioeconomic Factors -- Realigning the Purposes of Education for Today’s Students -- Towards a Theory of Politics of Educational Possibilities and Change -- Innovative Research Methodologies in Education.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Scholarly analysis in the sociology of education has burgeoned in recent decades. Frontiers in Sociology of Education aims to provide a roadmap for sociologists and other social scientists as they set bold new directions for future research on schools.  In Part 1 of this forward-looking volume, the authors present cutting-edge research to set  new guidelines for the sociological analysis of schools. In Part 2, notable social scientists, historians, administrators and educators provide a wide-ranging array of perspectives on contemporary education to insure that scholars make creative and broadly informed contributions to the sociological analysis of schools.   The contributors to this volume examine events currently influencing education including: globalization, expansion of educational access, the changing significance of religion, new family structures, and curriculum reform.  Frontiers in Sociology of Education offers an innovative collection of research and ideas aimed at inspiring new analyses of schools better linked to changing societal conditions.
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The Future of Schooled Society -- Social Stratification and Education -- Designed Instruction and Grouping Students to Enhance the Learning of All -- Cognitive Epidemiology -- Education and Quality of Life -- Changing Families, Changing Education -- Degree Completion and Socioeconomic Factors -- Realigning the Purposes of Education for Today’s Students -- Towards a Theory of Politics of Educational Possibilities and Change -- Innovative Research Methodologies in Education.

Scholarly analysis in the sociology of education has burgeoned in recent decades. Frontiers in Sociology of Education aims to provide a roadmap for sociologists and other social scientists as they set bold new directions for future research on schools.  In Part 1 of this forward-looking volume, the authors present cutting-edge research to set  new guidelines for the sociological analysis of schools. In Part 2, notable social scientists, historians, administrators and educators provide a wide-ranging array of perspectives on contemporary education to insure that scholars make creative and broadly informed contributions to the sociological analysis of schools.   The contributors to this volume examine events currently influencing education including: globalization, expansion of educational access, the changing significance of religion, new family structures, and curriculum reform.  Frontiers in Sociology of Education offers an innovative collection of research and ideas aimed at inspiring new analyses of schools better linked to changing societal conditions.

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