Social Theory and Education(English, Paperback, Morrow Raymond Allen)

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Social Theory and Education(English, Paperback, Morrow Raymond Allen) is written by Morrow Raymond Allen and published by State University of New York Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0791422526 (ISBN 10) and 9780791422526 (ISBN 13).

Summarizes and critiques theories of social and cultural reproduction as they relate to sociology of education. 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.