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100			_aConnell, R.W. _94669
245	0	0	_aMaking the difference : _bschools, families and social division _cR.W. Connell ... [et al.]
260	0		_aSydney : _bAllen & Unwin, _c1990.
300			_a228 p. ; _c20 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
500			_aEducation. Australia. Sociological perspectives (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0428779)
504			_aBibliography: p. 219-224.
520			_aFirst published in 1982, Making the Difference has become a classic in the study of education and of Australian society. Hailed on publication as 'certainly the most interesting book written about Australian schools in a very long time [and] arguably the most important' it has since been recognised as one of the 10 most influential works of Australian sociology, 'not just a major argument, and a 'classic' point of reference, [but] an event, an intervention in ways of doing research and speaking to practice, a methodology, a textual style . . . it was designed to be read by a much wider audience than the standard sociological text, and it has succeeded' Making the Difference draws on a detailed study of the schools and homes of the powerful and the wealthy, and of ordinary wage-earners. It allows children, parents and teachers to speak for themselves and from what they say it develops strikingly new ways of understanding 'educational inequality' of how the class and gender systems work, and of schools and their social roles. 'Equality of opportunity' co-education, and 'relevant and meaningful curriculum' are all questioned, sympathetically but incisively. Ranging across educational policy from system level to the everyday experience of kids and teachers, from the problems of schooling to the production of class and gender relations, this path-breaking combination of theory, research and politics remains engaging, thought-provoking, and relevant.
650		0	_aEducational sociology _xAustralia _94303
650		0	_aEducation _xAustralia _94304
700	1	0	_aAshenden, D.J. _94670
700	1	0	_aKessler, S. _94671
700	1	0	_aDowsett, G.W. _94672
856			_uhttps://uowd.box.com/s/phx3dczdq5u89k98m9rt2ewwlhj2q4ma _zLocation Map
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