Making Sense of Mass Education
4th Edition
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- Authors:
- Gordon Tait, Queensland University of Technology
- Nerida Spina, Queensland University of Technology
- Jenna Gillett-Swan, Queensland University of Technology
- Peter O'Brien, Queensland University of Technology
- Date Published: June 2023
- availability: In stock
- format: Print/online bundle
- isbn: 9781009105323
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Making Sense of Mass Education provides a contemporary analysis of the ideas and issues that have traditionally dominated education research, challenging outdated preconceptions with fundamental theory and discussion. It takes a demythologising approach in assessing these issues and their relevance to schooling and education in Australia. This text examines the cultural context of education and the influence of external media and new technologies, and highlights the many forms of discrimination in education, including social class, race and gender. It looks at alternative approaches to education, including the repercussions of gathering data to measure school performance, and considers the intersection of ethics and philosophy in classroom teaching. The fourth edition expands on these issues with three new chapters: on sexuality, children's rights, and neoliberalism and the marketisation of education. Each chapter challenges and breaks down common myths surrounding these topics, encouraging pre-service teachers to think critically and reflect on their own beliefs.
Read more- Breadth and diversity of topics covered
- Updated to include new content on children's rights; neoliberalism and marketisation; gender and sexuality
- Accessible and engaging writing style
- Uses a myth model to explore and unpack the core theories, concepts and themes in mass education
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'[This book] achieved its goal of a clear, inclusive, and accessible language. It effectively summarizes complex philosophical arguments and movements, educational law, and unpacks the role of class, sex, and race in Australian education over time. … anyone interested in the context of the philosophy and structure of education in a postmodern, digital world will find a clear, accessible discussion of the value of philosophy in understanding mass education.' Amy Mandt, Technical Communication
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- Edition: 4th Edition
- Date Published: June 2023
- format: Print/online bundle
- isbn: 9781009105323
- length: 440 pages
- dimensions: 255 x 203 x 25 mm
- weight: 1.2kg
- contains: 5 b/w illus. 5 tables
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. Re-assessing the Pillars: Modern and Postmodern Sociologies of Education
1. Social class
2. Race, ethnicity and indigeneity
3. Gender
4. Sexualities
Part II. The Foundations of an Alternative Approach: Education and Governance
5. Governance
6. Subjectivity
7. Neoliberalism and Marketisation
8. Pre-adulthood
9. Datafication
Part III. Cultural Contexts of Contemporary Education
10. The media
11. Popular culture
12. Technology
13. Globalisation
Part IV. Philosophy and Mass Education
14. Philosophy
15. Ethics and the law
16. Children's rights
17. Truth and postcolonialism
18. Alternative education
Conclusion: the central aims of this book.
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