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1. Gender, Class and Education (Routledge Revivals)

   By Stephen Walker, Len Barton

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1983, Gender, Class and Education is a collection of papers that formed presentations at the Westhill Sociology of Education Conference in January 1982, and is the fifth such collection to emerge from the annual conference. The conference theme, ‘Race, Class and Gender’, was not...

   Published August 31st 2012 by Routledge
2. Overcoming Disabling Barriers

   18 Years of Disability and Society

   By Len Barton

   Series: Education Heritage

   This book provides a valuable route map to the development of thinking in disability studies over the last eighteen years. It includes over twenty essential articles from the journal Disability and Society, written by many of the leading authors in the field from the UK, the USA,...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
3. Rethinking Curriculum Studies

   Edited by Martin Lawn, Len Barton

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   This book reappraises the British and American experience in curriculum studies, the curious way in which it has been dominated by certain ideas and introduces the reader to alternative ways of perceiving, defining and approaching its problems. It provides a radical critique of the whole area,...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
4. Race, Class and Education (RLE Edu L)

   Edited by Len Barton, Stephen Walker

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   One problem which continues to absorb social scientists is the way in which so much social deprivation stems from racial or class status. The discussion in this book is developed in two ways: firstly, careful attention is given to an examination of the way minority groups create and maintain...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
5. Schooling, Ideology and the Curriculum (RLE Edu L)

   Edited by Len Barton, Roland Meighan, Stephen Walker

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   Although the different contributions to this book range over a wide spectrum of substantive issues, they share a common interest. This is a concern to explore the ways in which notions of the relations between theory and practice, between belief and action, can be used to develop three kinds of...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
6. Social Crisis and Educational Research (RLE Edu L)

   Edited by Len Barton, Stephen Walker

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   Originally written at a time of crisis in the education system of Britain – occasioned by cuts, contradictions and change - many of the issues discussed in this book are still relevant today. Debate in the book focuses upon an examination of the nature of the crisis, an exploration of the impact of...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
7. Special Education and Social Interests (RLE Edu M)

   Edited by Len Barton, Sally Tomlinson

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   Until this book was published, most writing on special education was about specific disabilities and how to cope with them. This book, however, considers the broader context, looking at many problems for the wider system that have arisen through integration of special education within it. The book...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
8. Schools, Teachers and Teaching (RLE Edu N)

   Edited by Len Barton, Stephen Walker

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   This volume considers how various sociological approaches to the exploration of the conditions of teachers’ might be co-ordinated so as to produce a more penetrating and reliable understanding of the main dimensions of teachers’ work. Three dimensions are selected for special attention: historical,...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
9. Education and Society

   25 Years of the British Journal of Sociology of Education

   Edited by Len Barton

   Series: Education Heritage

   The British Journal of Sociology of Education has established itself as the leading discipline-based publication. This collection of selected articles published since the first issue provides the reader with an informed insight and understanding of the nature, range and value of sociological...

   Published October 18th 2006 by Routledge
10. Disability, Politics and the Struggle for Change

    Edited by Len Barton

    This book seeks to explore how disability is understood and the position and experiences of disabled people both within and across different societies. The authors explore the question of politics in relation to specific struggles, providing a wealth of insights and ideas, and examine the nature...

    Published November 29th 2001 by David Fulton Publishers