Sociology of Education

Tomas Boronski is a visiting fellow at the University of East London. He has worked in the primary, secondary and tertiary education sectors as well as in higher education. His publications include a book on the sociology of knowledge as well as articles on the sociology of education, family, inequality and multiculturalism. Nasima Hassan, originally from Lancashire, has worked in secondary school teaching humanities, in teacher training and in strategic management in higher education. She has worked extensively overseas supporting teachers’ professional development in India (Bangalore), South Africa (Kwazulu Natal) and most recently in conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Malaysia. She has published chapters on the education system in South Africa, faith schools and on the schooling experience of British Muslims. Her doctoral thesis explored the concept of ‘Muslim consciousness’ through a philosophical and political exploration of identity construction.

This remains a key textbook in Sociology of Education studies within undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The authors continue to increase understandings of the complexity of educational sociology in domestic and  international contexts. Boronski and Hassan should be praised again for this undertaking and the second edition is both necessary and welcome.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Early Sociology of EducationChapter 3: Early Approaches to Sociological ResearchChapter 4: Developments in Sociology of EducationChapter 5: Critical and Radical PedagogiesChapter 6: Differential Educational Attainment and the Debate about IntelligenceChapter 7: Social Class and Social MobilityChapter 8: Multiculturalism, race and powerChapter 9: Re-imaniging Gender RolesChapter 10: Inclusion: Disability and Special Educational NeedsChapter 11: The Social Construction of ChildhoodChapter 12: Education PolicyChapter 13: Young People and Pupil VoiceChapter 14: Transformations