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Doing Educational Research
Routledge 1991; US$ 51.95Thirteen major educationalists, among them Stephen Ball and Peter Mortimore, discuss their approaches to aspects of research from conception and funding of the project to information gathering and analysis, writing up and publishing. more...
Doing Research About Education
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 55.95This book brings together semi-autobiographical accounts from major educationalists about their influential research, focusing on the practical and personal aspects of the research process. The collection reflects the great changes that have occured within educational research since the 1980s and deals with the issues and situations of the late 1990s.... more...
British Private Schools
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 57.95British private schools are a continuing topic of fascination for many. In particular, the leading so-called public schools have long been subjected both to criticism for their elitism and praise for their academic success. Traditionally, Conservative governments have strongly supported the private sector through special funding such as the Assisted... more...
Methodological Developments in Ethnography, Volume 12
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 120.00What counts as ethnography and what counts as good ethnographic methodology are both highly contested. This volume brings together chapters presenting a diversity of views on some of the current debates and developments in the field. It does not try to present a single coherent view but, through its heterogeneity, illustrates the strength and impact... more...
Private Education
Continuum International Publishing 2005; US$ 130.00Private schools are central to the reproduction of social inequality. For example, whilst in the UK providing only about seven per cent of the school population, about half of the undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge still come from the private sector. Private schools have long been associated with privilege and elitism. While this traditional elitist... more...
Markets and Equity in Education
Continuum International Publishing 2006; US$ 140.00Geoffrey Walford tackles one of the perennial issues in education policy, namely the inter-relationship of markets and equity. His discussion synthesises research findings (his own in the context of others) from over a decade examining the triangle between (i) theory, (ii) policy (both current and recent) and (iii) practice. more...
Privatization and Privilege in Education (RLE Edu L)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 105.00Can privilege be bought? Arguments have raged over whether private education in the UK is ?the cement in the wall? dividing British society, or whether parental choice is, as has also been argued ?a key component of a free society?. The author here describes the traditional private sector schools, paying attention to the ways in which parents can... more...
Life in Public Schools (RLE Edu L)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 120.00Britain?s public (that is, its major independent) schools have a conspicuous role in the country?s social system, and as a result are the subject of a long-standing political debate. The discussion is generally founded on a stereotyped image of what these school may have been like in the 1950s ? this books shows how they were in the late 1980s. It... more...
Doing Sociology of Education (RLE Edu L)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 140.00This collection of specially commissioned articles exposes the practical and personal influences on the process of doing sociology of education. All of the authors have been involved in conducting well know major research projects, and discuss here the pitfalls and problems, conflicts and compromises that went into doing their particular research.... more...
Durkheim and Modern Education
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 161.00This volume explores Durkheim's place in modern educational thought at three different levels: * Durkheim's ideas on education are analyzed and placed in the context of modern society * current educational issues are explored using a Durkheimian framework * Durkheim's thought is related to that of modern educational theorists to reveal his enduring... more...









