Making sense of mass education

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    • Tait, Gordon

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Making sense of mass education

Gordon Tait

Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-295) and index

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Making Sense of Mass Education provides a comprehensive analysis of the field of mass education. The book presents new assessment of traditional issues associated with education - class, race, gender, discrimination and equity - to dispel myths and assumptions about the classroom. It examines the complex relationship between the media, popular culture and schooling, and places the expectations surrounding the modern teacher within ethical, legal and historical contexts. The book blurs some of the disciplinary boundaries within the field of education, drawing upon sociology, cultural studies, history, philosophy, ethics and jurisprudence to provide stronger analyses. The book reframes the sociology of education as a complex mosaic of cultural practices, forces and innovations. Engaging and contemporary, it is an invaluable resource for teacher education students, and anyone interested in a better understanding of mass education.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Part I. Re-Assessing the Three Pillars: Modern and Postmodern Sociologies of Education: 1. Social cass
  • 2. Gender
  • 3. Race/ethnicity
  • Part II. The Foundations of an Alternative Approach: Education and Governance: 4. Governance
  • 5. Subjectivity
  • 6. Pre-adulthood
  • Part III. Cultural contexts of contemporary education: 7. The media
  • 8. Popular culture
  • 9. Technology
  • Part IV. Philosophy and Mass Education: 10. Philosophy
  • 11. Ethics and the law
  • 12. Truth and post-colonialism
  • Conclusion.

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