By: Grace Kao (University of Pennsylvania), Elizabeth Vaquera (University of South Florida) and Kimberly Goyette (Temple University)
Paperback, ISBN: 9780745648323, Pub Date US Feb 2013, Pub Date RoW Jan 2013, Pub Date Aus Jan 2013
E-book, ISBN: 9780745664569, Pub Date US Apr 2013, Pub Date RoW Apr 2013,

Description: Education is a crucially important social institution, closely correlated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychological well-being, and health ...

By: Alan Cribb (King's College, University of London) and Sharon Gewirtz
Paperback, ISBN: 9780745633459, Pub Date US Sep 2009, Pub Date RoW Aug 2009, Pub Date Aus Aug 2009
Hardcover, ISBN: 9780745633442, Pub Date US Sep 2009, Pub Date RoW Aug 2009, Pub Date Aus Aug 2009

Description: Who should be educated, when, by whom and how? What purposes should education serve? Why does education matter? These fundamental questions of value ...

By: Rob Moore (University of Cambridge)
Paperback, ISBN: 9780745617091, Pub Date US Nov 2004, Pub Date RoW Sep 2004, Pub Date Aus Sep 2004
Hardcover, ISBN: 9780745617084, Pub Date US Nov 2004, Pub Date RoW Sep 2004, Pub Date Aus Sep 2004

Description: This new book is a lively and highly accessible introduction to the sociology of education. Written in a clear and comprehensible way, it introduces ...

By: David Buckingham (Institute of Education, University of London)
Paperback, ISBN: 9780745628301, Pub Date US Sep 2003, Pub Date RoW Jun 2003, Pub Date Aus Jun 2003
Hardcover, ISBN: 9780745628295, Pub Date US Sep 2003, Pub Date RoW Jun 2003, Pub Date Aus Jun 2003

Description: This book examines recent changes in media education and in young people’s lives, and provides an accessible set of principles on which the med...

By: David Buckingham (Institute of Education, University of London)
Paperback, ISBN: 9780745619330, Pub Date US Jun 2000, Pub Date RoW Apr 2000, Pub Date Aus Apr 2000

Description: What will be the fate of childhood in the twenty-first century? Will children increasingly be living 'media childhoods', dominated by the electronic ...

By: Pierre Bourdieu (Collège de France), Jean-Claude Passeron (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris) and Monique De Saint Martin (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris)
Paperback, ISBN: 9780745617169, Pub Date RoW Feb 1996, Pub Date Aus Feb 1996

Description: Education depends crucially on language: knowledge and skills are taught largely through a process of linguistic exchange. But how much of the langua...

By: Miriam David (The London Institute)
Paperback, ISBN: 9780745606378, Pub Date US May 1993, Pub Date RoW Mar 1993, Pub Date Aus Mar 1993

Description: This book provides a detailed review of the complex relations between families and schools in the context of changing family structures and education...