TY - JOUR
T1 - Sociology of education: a critical history and prospects for the future
AU - Lauder, Hugh
AU - Brown, Philip
AU - Halsey, A H
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - This paper examines the sociology of education from the perspective of its recent history and attempts to assess the current state of the field. The authors argue that cognate disciplines such as economics and social policy have taken over some of the key questions that were once the preserve of sociology of education. This raises the question of what is lost if the sociology of education is no longer making a significant contribution, in key areas, to the major educational, social and economic issues of the day.
AB - This paper examines the sociology of education from the perspective of its recent history and attempts to assess the current state of the field. The authors argue that cognate disciplines such as economics and social policy have taken over some of the key questions that were once the preserve of sociology of education. This raises the question of what is lost if the sociology of education is no longer making a significant contribution, in key areas, to the major educational, social and economic issues of the day.
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03054980903216309
U2 - 10.1080/03054980903216309
DO - 10.1080/03054980903216309
M3 - Article
SN - 0305-4985
VL - 35
SP - 569
EP - 585
JO - Oxford Review of Education
JF - Oxford Review of Education
IS - 5
ER -