A Sociology of Educating (Paperback, 5 ed)

Part One: Familiarization 1. A Taste of Sociology 2. Pupils as Clients? 3. Teachers as Victims? 4. Parents as Educators? 5. Mass Media Part Two: The Hidden Curriculum 6. The Hidden Curriculum: An Overview 7. Space Talks: The Hidden Curriculum of Educational Buildings 8. Timetables 9. The Official Curriculum 10. Orginization 11. Teacher Expectations 12. The Hidden Curriculum of Language 13. Assessment Part Three: Ideologies of Educating 14. The Concept of Ideology 15. Ideologies of Education 16. Authoritarian and Non-authoritarian Ideologies of Education 17. A Case Study Ideology of Education: Autonomous Study 18. Case Studies: Democratic Education Part Four: Sociological Perspectives and the Study of Education 19. Social Systems, Structures and Functions 20. The Action Perspectives 21. The Conflict Perspective: A Marxian Approach 22. Doing Research in Schools and Classrooms 23. Postmoderinism 24. The Discourses of Education Part Five: Educational Life Chances or Who Gets What? 25. Labelling Theory and Life Chances 26. Gender Identity 27. Social Class 28. 'Race' and Ethnic Identity 29. Other Minorities: Those with 'Special Needs' Part Six: Signposts to the Next Learning System 30. Alternatives 31. Anatomy of Choice in Education 32. A Catalogue of Alternatives References Subject index Name index