Making Sense of Mass Education
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 3, 11/29/2018
EAN 9781108445795, ISBN10: 1108445799
Paperback, 370 pages, 25.4 x 19.3 x 2 cm
Language: English
Making Sense of Mass Education provides an engaging and accessible analysis of traditional issues associated with mass education. The book challenges preconceptions about social class, gender and ethnicity discrimination; highlights the interplay between technology, media, popular culture and schooling; and inspects the relevance of ethics and philosophy in the modern classroom. The third edition has been comprehensively updated to include the latest research, statistics and legal policies. Each chapter challenges and breaks down common myths surrounding each topic, encouraging pre-service teachers to think critically and reflect on their own beliefs. The inclusion of a new chapter on alternative education reflects the ever-changing Australian educational landscape. In Making Sense of Mass Education, Gordon Tait expertly blurs disciplinary boundaries, drawing on sociology, cultural studies, history, philosophy, ethics and jurisprudence to provide a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts of mass education.
Part I. Re-assessing the Three Pillars
Modern and Postmodern Sociologies of Education
1. Social class
2. Gender
3. Race/ethnicity
Part II. The Foundations of an Alternative Approach
Education and Governance
4. Governance
5. Subjectivity
6. Pre-adulthood
7. Big data
Part III. Cultural Contexts of Contemporary Education
8. The media
9. Popular culture
10. Technology
11. Globalisation
Part IV. Philosophy and Mass Education
12. Philosophy
13. Ethics and the law
14. Truth and postcolonialism
15. Alternative education.