Includes bibliographical reference.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Early Sociology of Education -- Chapter 3: Early Approaches to Sociological Research -- Chapter 4: Developments in Sociology of Education -- Chapter 5: Critical and Radical Pedagogies -- Chapter 6: Differential Educational Attainment and the Debate about Intelligence -- Chapter 7: Social Class and Social Mobility -- Chapter 8: Multiculturalism, race and power -- Chapter 9: Re-imaniging Gender Roles -- Chapter 10: Inclusion: Disability and Special Educational Needs -- Chapter 11: The Social Construction of Childhood -- Chapter 12: Education Policy -- Chapter 13: Young People and Pupil Voice -- Chapter 14: Transformations.

"This textbook explains the basic principles of sociology and relates these concepts to today's society and education system in order to deepen your understanding of how these issues affect our lives and the world we live in, encouraging you to think critically and to develop a 'sociological imagination'. Coverage includes: the wider political and economic context for education in the UK, including an analysis of the reforms of the 2010 coalition government childhood, schooling and pupil voice non-traditional consideration of critical pedagogy, 'race' and gender the role of education in a multicultural society inequalities in educational opportunity in terms of class, ethnicity and disability. This is essential reading for students on undergraduate Education Studies degrees, and for sociology courses covering educational issues"-- Provided by publisher