On the Teaching of Sociology and Education

Bates, Richard

doi:10.1177/144078337300900105

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“…In the 1970s a major factor in the spread of the 'sociological perspective' in Australia and New Zealand tertiary institutions was teaching sociology to students of education (Bates 1973). Today it is difficult to ascertain the extent to which a sociological perspective is addressed in the twentysix universities offering teachertraining programs because the titles of many courses course content difficult to assess.…”

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The Sociology of Education in Australia: A Political and Intellectual Trajectory

Matthews¹

2012

RISE

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The sociology of education is fundamentally concerned with the role of education in social reproduction and change. In Australia such a focus informs fields like gender and education, vocational education and lifelong learning, policy sociology in education, cultural sociology of education, literacy, social justice and education, globalisation and education.This article examines the political and intellectual trajectory of Australian sociology of education. It points to the productivity of educational research in areas such as gender, literacy, and policy and to the failure of sociology of education to address the reproduction of Indigenous and ethnic disadvantage. The paper argues that the theoretical and methodological innovations that characterise sociology are a disciplinary strength, but that it is necessary for the sociology of education to fully grapple with issues of Indigenous and minority education and more recently issues of environmental sustainability.

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Section: Mapping the Fieldmentioning

confidence: 99%