Development: 9–12

Packard, Becky Wai‐Ling; Babineau, Maureen E.

doi:10.4135/9781412964012.n11

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Peer subcultures vary considerably and include not only academic learning, but a wide range of other behaviors relating to dress, music, drugs and alcohol, sex and leisure activities. In many ways, the peer group serves as a 'mirror' from which the individual young person finds out what kind of person he or she is (Packard and Babineau, 2008). But more importantly, the peer groups, and the friendships which may or may not be a part of the group, provide a gradual continuum between dependence on the family and the independence of adulthood (Coleman and Hendry, 1999).…”

Section: The Effects Of Peer Groups On Schoolingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The sociology of education

Dworkin¹,

Ballantine²,

Antikainen³

et al. 2013

Sociopedia

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

1Sociology of education makes contributions to the understanding of an important institution present in every society -education. In the following article members of the Board of the ISA Sociology of Education Research Committee, RC04, explore aspects of the field including theory, methods, emerging issues, stratification, inequalities in developing countries, politics of education and multiculturalism, educational assessment and accountability, peer group effects, school-to-work transitions, adult and lifelong learning, teacher supply, demand, status and morale, and social control. Attention is also paid to emerging issues in the sociology of education. Theory in the sociology of educationAs a major contributor to the field of sociology and to the testing of established theories, sociology of education plays a vital role in the continuing development of sociology. Émile Durkheim is generally considered to be the founder of the sociology of education, having provided a sociological conceptualization of education as a system that transmits society's culture and social order to new generations. The sociology of education also derives its conceptual and theoretical roots from the contributions of Marx and Weber. Marx laid down the foundations for conflict theory and later conflict theorists have explored the ideological role of the state in education as it reproduces and maintains class statuses. Weber developed a multidimensional approach in which structure, human agency, the material and the normative were combined.Building on this early foundation, several more recent directions have emerged. Among structural conflict theories, Pierre Bourdieu's (1984) theory of practice, Basil Bernstein's (1996) theory of language codes and Randall Collins's (1979) Weberian theory of social exclusion have had a major impact on contemporary sociology of education. According to Bourdieu's (1984) theory of praxis, the social world consists of the history of accumulation. Education as a part of social and cultural reproduction is linked to cultural capital (capital based on students' social settings and opportunities that provide knowledge of the world derived from live experiences) and subsequent social differences between students. Similarly, in Bernstein's 'code theory ' (1975) he explores the performance of working-class students and argues that socialization is based on class. The dominant school abstract Because education is an essential institution in society, the sociology of education must focus on an array of salient social issues, many with vital policy implications. Following a discussion of the various theoretical orientations and methods used by sociologists of education, this article, which was written by members of the Board of the Sociology of Education Research Committee (RC04), examines a selection of these significant and emerging issues.

show abstract

Section: The Effects Of Peer Groups On Schoolingmentioning

confidence: 99%