A student-centred sociology of Australian education : voices of experience / Tiffany Jones.

This book is based on a comparative study from 2018, of four different approaches to education, according to 2,500 Australians' experiences of them, on a range of topics. It shows that whilst the critical approach has strong research-based support across the board, sometimes a liberal, conserva...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Jones, Tiffany (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
Series:Critical studies of education ; v. 13.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introducing Sociology of Education2. Designing a Comparative Sociological Education Study3. Basic Demographics for Voices of Experience Participants4. Paradigm
  • Australia's Largely Liberal & Conservative Schools5. Age
  • Australia's Staging of Aging Via Spiral Curricula6. Sex & Gender
  • Australian Schools Shout Sex & Whisper Gender7. Sexuality
  • Australian Schools' Sexuality Wars 8. Social Class
  • Australian Schools Won't Merit the Need9. Race
  • Australia's Critical Racial & Cultural Curricula10. News Media
  • Australian Schools on Fake News & Media Objectivity11. Popular Culture
  • Teaching Traditional Canons vs. Playing with Postmodern Pastiche12. Technology
  • Australia's Phone Bans & Educational Use13. Conclusion & Recommendations.