Education and Social Control : A Study in Progressive Primary Education (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Sociology and the classroom 2. Theoretical considerations 3. Mapledene Lane: the school and its environment 4. The school ethos 5. The teacher’s perspective 6. Social stratification in the classroom: an ideal type 7. Social stratification in the classroom: dimensions of variability 8. The social structuring of pupils’ identities: some examples 9. The child centred ethos as an accounting system 10. The parents 11. Summary and conclusion; Appendix: a note on methodology; Notes; Bibliography; Index