| Knowledge, Education, and Cultural Change: Papers in the Sociology of Education Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Education; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; Urban Studies; Higher Education; Sociology of Education; Sociology & Social Policy; Urban Studies; Business Management and Accounting; Political Behavior and Participation; Organizational Studies; Social Movements; Sociology of Culture; Sociology of Knowledge; Urban Sociology; Originally published in 1973 Knowledge, Education and Cultural Change surveys the present state of the field of the sociology of education. The book addresses the claim that much of the research in the sociology of education should be extended to issues of wider theoretical significance, the book provides theoretically informed analysis of situations or processes, developing new theoretical perspectives and concepts. The papers also reflect the appropriate theoretical framework for the sociology of education. Underpinning this framework, it looks at the importance of social stratification, arguing that too much work in the sociology of education is carried out using oversimplified models. |