Australian Education: A Sociological PerspectiveThis book introduces the tools of sociology, theory and methodology, and applies them to Australian education in order to reveal a realistic picture. Its goal is to enable the reader to analyse aspects of social behaviour in educational settings and the structure of educational systems and organisations. In this edition, much greater emphasis has been placed on application, with each part of the book ending with a discussion of the implications for teachers and teaching. |
Contents
Different approaches in sociology | 5 |
Trends in contemporary society | 27 |
Characteristics of formal education | 51 |
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Aboriginal academic achieve activities Allen & Unwin analysis areas aspects Australian education Australian society background behaviour Canberra cation cent chapter classroom Commonwealth Commonwealth Schools concept conflict Connell course cultural curriculum disadvantage discussion dominant education in Australia education system employment enrolment ethnic ethnomethodology example experience factors federal females formal education functionalist functions funds gender girls government schools groups ideas identified ideology individual inequality institutions interaction issues La Trobe University Labor government labour language learning males Melbourne migrant multicultural education NESB non-government schools organisations parents perspective position primary school programs Queensland questions refer relations relationship reproduction role secondary school sector sociologists sociology of education staff status strategies structures suggest Sydney symbolic interactionism symbolic violence TAFE teacher aides teaching tertiary tertiary education Whitlam women working-class young youth