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1. Theorizing Social Class and Education

   Edited by Diane Reay, Carol Vincent

   Diane Reay is Professor of Education at Cambridge University, UK. She is a sociologist working in the area of education but is also interested in broader issues of the relationship between the self and society, the affective and the material. Her priority has been to engage in research with a...

   To Be Published September 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Childcare, Choice and Class Practices

   Middle Class Parents and their Children

   By Carol Vincent, Stephen J. Ball

   Childcare is a topic that is frequently in the media spotlight and continues to spark heated debate in the UK and around the world. This book presents an in-depth study of childcare policy and practice, examining middle class parents’ choice of childcare within the wider contexts of social class...

   Published February 22nd 2006 by Routledge
3. Social Justice, Education and Identity

   Edited by Carol Vincent

   This book answers key questions regarding social justice in education. Its central theme is how the education system, through its organization and practices, is implicated in the realisation of just or unjust social outcomes. In particular, the writers examine the ways in which the identities of...

   Published July 23rd 2003 by Routledge
4. Parents And Teachers

   Power And Participation

   By Carol Vincent Research Fellow in Education Policy, University of Warwick.

   This work examines the factors that shape and influence home-school relations. At its heart is an analysis of parent-teacher relationships in an inner city borough, drawn from case studies of five primary schools and a parents' centre. Interviews with parents are revealing windows into parents'...

   Published January 22nd 1996 by Routledge