Divide and School: Gender and Class Dynamics in Comprehensive Education

ISBN-13: 9780750703918 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 180 str.

John Abraham; Abraham John Abraham; Abraham Le John

Opis

Considering the comprehensive school as a social system, this text examines how the ideals of comprehensive education are articulated, challenged and reproduced through social class and gender divisions within secondary education.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Comprehensive Education: Past Debates and Future Ideals; Chapter 2 Sociology of Education and Secondary Schooling; Chapter 3 Research Methodology and Design; Chapter 4 Organizational Differentiation and Polarization: Setting, Social Class and Pupil Values; Chapter 5 Gender, Differentiation and Deviance; Chapter 6 The Subject-option Process: Pupil Choice in School Knowledge; Chapter 7 Gendering and Stratification of School Knowledge; Chapter 8 Teacher Ideology and Sex Roles in Curriculum Texts; Chapter 9 Conclusions, Implications and Social Change;

O autorze

Abraham, John