Sociological Interpretations Of Education (routledge Library Editions: Sociology Of Education)

This book, first published in 1985, provides a clear readable account of the principal sociological approaches to education. It is organised around the three main sociological perspectives on education: the Durkheimian and Functionalist, the Marxist and the Interpretative. It concentrates on the most important and interesting writers within each Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Original Title 6 Original Copyright 7 Contents 8 List of Tables and Figures 9 Dedication 10 Preface 12 1. Introduction 14 Part I Durkheim and the Functionalist Tradition 18 2. Émile Durkheim 20 3. The Modern Durkheimians 40 4. The Functionalist Approach to Education 77 5. An Assessment of the Functionalist Approach 111 Part II The Marxist Perspective 124 6. The Marxist Perspective — An Introduction 126 7. The Marxist Analysis of Education: Theories of Direct Reproduction 147 8. The Marxist Analysis of Education: Resistance, Relative Autonomy and Voluntarism 192 9. An Evaluation of the Marxist Perspective 211 Part III The Interpretive Approach 244 10. The Micro Interpretive Approach — An Introduction 246 11. Micro Interpretive Approaches: Some Studies of Teachers and Pupils 262 12. The 'New' Sociology of Education 303 13. Conclusion: The Weberian Perspective 329 Bibliography 351 Index 357