Working-class schooling in post-industrial Britain : only schools and courses

Providing a historical development of the UK education system and its policies, Alex McInch offers insight on how structural decisions impact how working-class pupils view and navigate the educational field. This ethnographic investigation explores topics such as compensatory educational policies, i...

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Main Author McInch, Alex (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
SeriesEmerald studies in the sociology of education
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781800434707
DOI10.1108/9781800434684
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 156 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction - the research problem
  • Chapter 2. Why social class has always mattered: A (re)conceptualisation
  • Chapter 3. Developments in the uk educational policy context
  • Chapter 4. Sociology of education in the UK
  • Chapter 5. The research site: Grange hill
  • Chapter 6. The grange hill educational field
  • Chapter 7. Pupil habitus and capital at grange hill
  • Chapter 8. Conclusions.