Social Theory and Education

Download or read book Social Theory and Education written by Raymond Allen Morrow and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1995-03-09 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes the body of knowledge about sociology of education and cultural studies as it informs educational research and critical pedagogy. It synthesizes the most relevant work in social and cultural reproduction published in the last three decades in English, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. The authors document and critique the theoretical discussion in developments in both advanced societies and peripheral ones, and link macro-sociological issues with social psychological ones. The book introduces theories of the state to underscore a political sociology of education, and highlights an agenda for theory building, research, and practice in sociology of education.