Frontiers in sociology of education
By: Maureen  T. Hallinan, editor
Series: Frontiers in sociology and social research -- v.1
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9789400715752
Subjects: Educational sociology; Education; Aims and objectives
Description: "Scholarly analysis in the sociology of education has burgeoned in recent decades. Frontiers in Sociology of Education aims to provide a roadmap for sociologists and other social scientists as they set bold new directions for future research on schools. In Part 1 of this forward-looking volume, the authors present cutting-edge research to set new guidelines for the sociological analysis of schools. In Part 2, notable social scientists, historians, administrators and educators provide a wide-ranging array of perspectives on contemporary education to insure that scholars make creative and broadly informed contributions to the sociological analysis of schools"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.