The Sociology of Education

1 Introduction
1 The development of the subject
2 The structural-functional framework
3 The theory of organization
4 Aims and limitations

2 Education and the economy
1 The education explosion
2 The content of education

3 Education and social mobility
1 Education and occupation
2 Strategies of selection

3 Equality of educational opportunity: myth or reality

4 Family background, values and achievement
1 The family, social class, and educational achievement
2 The material environment
3 The achievement syndrome

5 The family, the socialization process, and achievement
1 Child-rearing studies and the achievement syndrome
2 Linguistic development and social learning
3 Social class and family life

6 Who controls our schools?
1 The influence of the State
2 The school and the local community
3 The role of the administrator

7 The teaching profession
1 Development of the profession
2 The social-class background of teachers
3 The status of the teacher
4 The teacher organizations
5 Conclusion
8 The school as a formal organization
1 The concept of bureaucracy
2 The teacher in the authority structure of the school
3 Administrative styles and teacher performance
4 The organization of learning

9 The school as a social system
1 The teacher in the classroom
2 The peer group and the student sub-culture
3 Peer groups, reference groups and social mobility
4 The teacher in the staff-room

10 Education and social change
1 The problem stated
2 Education and economic development
3 Education and democracy
4 Education, value transmission and value change
5 Education and the under-privileged
6 Conclusion

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