Journal article
The Sociology of Education in Australia: A Political and Intellectual Trajectory
RISE: International Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol.1(3), pp.292-313
2012
Abstract
The sociology of education is fundamentally concerned with the role of education in social reproduction and change. In Australia such a focus informs fields like gender and education, vocational education and lifelong learning, policy sociology in education, cultural sociology of education, literacy, social justice and education, globalisation and education. This article examines the political and intellectual trajectory of Australian sociology of education. It points to the productivity of educational research in areas such as gender, literacy, and policy and to the failure of sociology of education to address the reproduction of Indigenous and ethnic disadvantage. The paper argues that the theoretical and methodological innovations that characterise sociology are a disciplinary strength, but that it is necessary for the sociology of education to fully grapple with issues of Indigenous and minority education and more recently issues of environmental sustainability.
Details
- Title
- The Sociology of Education in Australia: A Political and Intellectual Trajectory
- Authors
- Julie M Matthews (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
- Publication details
- RISE: International Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol.1(3), pp.292-313
- Publisher
- Hipatia Press
- Date published
- 2012
- DOI
- 10.4471/rise.2012.16
- ISSN
- 2014-3575
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2012 J. Matthews, Hipati Press. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450378002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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