Frontiers in Sociology of Education

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hallinan, Maureen T. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research ; 1
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Education.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Education, general.

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...

Table of Contents:

• The Future of Schooled Society
• Social Stratification and Education
• Designed Instruction and Grouping Students to Enhance the Learning of All
• Cognitive Epidemiology
• Education and Quality of Life
• Changing Families, Changing Education
• Degree Completion and Socioeconomic Factors
• Realigning the Purposes of Education for Today’s Students
• Towards a Theory of Politics of Educational Possibilities and Change
• Innovative Research Methodologies in Education.