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Pollard, Andrew; Filer, Ann – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2007
This paper reports on the social factors influencing the learning of two cohorts of school students and their experience of compulsory secondary education in a city in southern England - the secondary schooling phase of a 12-year, longitudinal ethnographic study that also tracked the same children's experiences through primary schooling. We embed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Objectives, Young Adults, Secondary Education
Tormey, Roland – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2006
Much recent sociological work on education makes reference to gender, sexual, ethnic, local and political "project" identities, yet there remains a need to bring the nation, and the state, back in; to also question the way in which "national" identities are constructed in a context of globalisation and localisation. Through an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Global Approach, Nationalism
Structuration Theory, Habitus and Complexity Theory: Elective Affinities or Old Wine in New Bottles?
Morrison, Keith – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2005
This paper examines similarities and differences between structuration theory, habitus and complexity theory, as theories of social change. The paper suggests that structuration theory and habitus can theorize change, but that complexity theory offers a more complete theory of change because it focuses on social production rather than…
Descriptors: Social Change, Social Theories, Educational Change, Social Structure
Nash, Roy – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2005
The existence of social differences in educational achievement as a social fact presents the sociology of education with a challenge to which it has responded with indifferent success. It is argued that contemporary explanations that dismiss the existence and relevance of differences in cognitive performance arising as a consequence of class…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Social Differences, Educational Sociology, Educational Opportunities
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Demaine, Jack – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1980
Examines and criticizes theories and arguments in contemporary sociology of education and points out limitations in these theories. Topics discussed include the Labour Party's contributions to educational policy, education and democratic socialism, and political education in the curriculum. For journal availability, see SO 507 999. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Sociology, Higher Education, Political Influences
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Payne, George; Hustler, David – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1980
Examines how high school teachers maintain order in the classroom, with emphasis on the unnoticed and subconscious nature of the accomplishment. Suggests that one general strategy a teacher uses is to constitute the pupils as a collectivity (cohort). Reviews relevant literature on cohort management. For journal availability, see SO 507 999.…
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Secondary Education, Student Role, Student School Relationship
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Apple, Michael W. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1996
Provides an overview of the main theories, developments, and literature of critically-oriented sociology. Pays particular attention to the politics of meaning including critical discourse analysis, identity politics, racial formation, and political economy and the labor process. Concludes with a discussion of the tensions between postmodern and…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Educational Environment
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Mac An Ghail, Mairtin – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1996
Criticizes the conservative movement's dismissal of class inequities in the British school system. Maintains that any critical analysis of social democratic alternatives to the current system must address the ways that class identities and social destinies are reproduced through state schooling. Doubts the efficacy of managerialist technically…
Descriptors: Conservatism, Educational Philosophy, Educational Quality, Educational Sociology
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Muller, Johan – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1996
Examines changes in the positions and concerns of South African sociologists of education as they move from an oppositional status to a more ambiguous space. These sociologists now face the prospect of choosing between criticism and reconstructive efforts. Reviews themes and issues related to this conflict. (MJP)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Critical Theory, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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Shamai, Shmuel – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2000
Explores the situation of the Israeli-Jewish education system in Israel that has developed educational streams according to religious differences. Highlights the changes in the status of cultural stands of secular and religious Jewish groups throughout the twentieth century. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Sociology, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
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Yair, Gad – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1996
Analyzes school choice in terms of inter-school student transfer and explains choice as the result of two factors: organization of student mobility among schools in terms of vacant positions and student body composition; and the influence and position of the school within the educational market. (MJP)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Sociology, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Deem, Rosemary – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1996
Illustrates recent concerns about the fields of sociology, sociology of education, and women's studies through means of an autobiographical account of a career of a British teacher and researcher in these fields. Discusses the nature of sociology of education as a marginal and border-academic territory. (DSK)
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Dillabough, Jo-Anne – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2004
This paper seeks to outline and evaluate Pierre Bourdieu's work as it has appeared most recently in feminist studies and the field of gender and education. In particular, it suggests ways in which Bourdieu's theoretical insights could be seen to more effectively contribute to cutting edge debates in both social theory and feminist thought…
Descriptors: Masculinity, Educational Sociology, Social Theories, Feminism
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