Sociological Theory and Educational Reality: Education and Society in Australia Since 1949

Sociological Theory and Educational Reality: Education and Society in Australia Since 1949
ISBN-10
0868401250
ISBN-13
9780868401256
Category
Education
Pages
411
Language
English
Published
1993
Publisher
UNSW Press
Author
Alan Barcan

Description

An examination of the major classical sociological theories relevant to education and of the rise and decline of the new sociology of education. Author also discusses the vexed questions of equality of opportunity, the relationship between school and society, the growth of educational bureaucracies and the roles of state, church and family in education in Australia since 1949. Includes endnotes, tables and index.

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