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Direct linkGrace, Gerald – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2004
This article argues that a problem for the contemporary sociology of education is that it has operated within a "secularisation of consciousness paradigm". This has limited both the depth and the scope of its intellectual enquiries. Sociological analysis which elides a religious dimension not only presents an over-simplified view of…
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, International Studies, Role of Religion, Islam
Young, Michael F. D. – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2004
This article is concerned with the development of social scientific knowledge (exemplified by the case of sociology of education) and its relationship to education policy. It draws on and contrasts the experience of the author in working at the interface between theory and policy in two very different contexts: the United Kingdom in the 1970s and…
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Comparative Education
Deem, Rosemary – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2004
The article explores the relationship between sociology and sociology of education in the United Kingdom (UK), with specific reference to the development of a sociology of higher education. Though the article is mainly concerned with the UK, the broader issues raised, about the status and location of the sociology of education in relation to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Schools of Education, Social Science Research, Educational Sociology
