Stephen ball stephen in Education Books

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<P>In this new reader, Stephen Ball brings together a carefully selected collection of articles and book chapters to reflect enduring trends in the field of Sociology of Education. Focusing on the major issues confronting education today, this lively and informative reader provides broad coverage of the field and includes sections on crucial topics such as social class, globalization, gender, curriculum, social inequality and social justice, students, and classrooms.<br> With an emphasis on contemporary pieces that deal with issues relevant to the immediate real world, this book represents the research and views of some of the most respected authors in the field today. Stephen Ball offers a collection that is theoretically informed, internationally applicable, and universally accessible.</P>

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<P>In the <i>World Library of Educationalists</i>, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and/practical contributions - so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strands of their work and see their contribution to the development of a field.<br><br>Stephen Ball has spent the last 20 years researching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues in Education Policy and Sociology of education. He has contributed over 12 books and 200 articles to the field. <br><br>In <i>Education Policy and Social Class</i>, he brings together 16 of his key writings in one place. Starting with a specially written Introduction, which gives an overview of Stephen's career and contextualises his selection within the development of the field, the chapters are divided into three sections:<br>* Perspectives on Policy Research <br>* Policy Technologies and Policy Analysis<br>* Social Class and Education Policy <br>This book not only shows how Stephen's thinking has developed during his long and distinguished career; it also gives an insight into the development of the fields to which he contributed.</P>

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<P>In this new reader, Stephen Ball brings together a carefully selected collection of articles and book chapters to reflect enduring trends in the field of Sociology of Education. Focusing on the major issues confronting education today, this lively and informative reader provides broad coverage of the field and includes sections on crucial topics such as social class, globalization, gender, curriculum, social inequality and social justice, students, and classrooms.<br> With an emphasis on contemporary pieces that deal with issues relevant to the immediate real world, this book represents the research and views of some of the most respected authors in the field today. Stephen Ball offers a collection that is theoretically informed, internationally applicable, and universally accessible.</P>

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<P>In the <i>World Library of Educationalists</i>, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and/practical contributions - so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strands of their work and see their contribution to the development of a field.<br><br>Stephen Ball has spent the last 20 years researching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues in Education Policy and Sociology of education. He has contributed over 12 books and 200 articles to the field. <br><br>In <i>Education Policy and Social Class</i>, he brings together 16 of his key writings in one place. Starting with a specially written Introduction, which gives an overview of Stephen's career and contextualises his selection within the development of the field, the chapters are divided into three sections:<br>* Perspectives on Policy Research <br>* Policy Technologies and Policy Analysis<br>* Social Class and Education Policy <br>This book not only shows how Stephen's thinking has developed during his long and distinguished career; it also gives an insight into the development of the fields to which he contributed.</P>