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Understanding schooling : an introductory sociology of Australian education / Miriam Henry ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge education books.
- Routledge education books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational sociology--Australia.
- Educational sociology.
- Education and state--Australia.
- Education and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (338 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This analysis of Australian schooling relates international sociological research to the actual experiences of teachers in the classroom, and sets those experiences in the wider context of the Australian school system.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction Teacher practice and sociological theory; Being a teacher; What makes a classroom?; The problem of school knowledge; Understanding the system; Students in context; Schooling processes and educational outcomes; School and society; Teachers and change; Radical teaching and the adaptive school; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-315) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-98493-6
- 1-134-98494-4
- 1-280-51776-X
- 9786610517763
- 0-203-13599-7
- 9780203135990
- OCLC:
- 232161389
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