Intended to stimulate sociologically informed thinking about educating. This work explores five key areas of education such as: the hidden curriculum; ideologies of educating; sociological perspectives and the study of education; educational life chances; and, the next learning system.

Full comprehensive introductory overview on the subject, perfect for trainee teachers.

"...it provides a thorough introduction to sociology as well as to education as a source of study... it is certainly a book to recommend to students and perhaps to many tutors as well, as a valuable addition to a reference collection." Mr Jonathan Tummons  22 June 2007