| Canadian Perspectives on the Sociology of Education Contributor(s): Levine-Rasky, Cynthia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195425308 ISBN-13: 9780195425307 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2010 Annotation: This collection of original essays examines the complex relationship between schooling and society. By taking a critical approach, the text urges readers to formulate difficult questions about the practice of teaching and the experience of schooling. The text also illustrates the multiple forces that come into play for both educators and for students, and challenges the reductive and pragmatic approach adopted in conventional education courses. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Social Science | Sociology - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 306.430 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 7" W x 8.91" (1.33 lbs) 392 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This outstanding collection of original essays written by academics from coast-to-coast examines the complex relationship between school and society. Chapters range from the theoretical to the empirical, and from substantive concerns affecting student's lives to those affecting governance issues. Taking a critical approach, the text urges readers to ask difficult questions about teaching and schooling. By illustrating the multiple sociological forces that come into play for educators and learners, Canadian Perspectives on the Sociology of Education challenges the reductive and pragmatic approach adopted in conventional education courses. |