| Description |
245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Curriculum and the context of teachers' work/ T W Maxwell & Peter Ninnes -- The political context of teachers' work/ Tania Aspland, T W Maxwell & T A O'Donoghue -- Students, teachers and (social) classes/ Sean Scalmer -- Towards gender equity/ Isabel Soliman -- Balance in diversity/ Christine Richmond & Helen Andreoni -- Addressing racism in education: school, classroom and community strategies/ Peter Ninnes -- Constructing aboriginality, determining significant difference/Cathryn McConaghy -- Felicitous families - successful schools/ Carmel Desmarchelier -- Poverty and its impact on school education/ T W Maxwell & Joan Shanahan -- Isolation and teachers' work/ T W Maxwell & A J Bennett -- Educating learners with special needs in the regular classroom/ Bruce Allen Knight |
| Summary |
Introduces prospective teachers to sociological perspectives on classroom and school decision-making, and updates and consolidates the highly successful 1st edition. Within the Australian context it considers such issues as gender, class, race, isolation, Aboriginality and wider societal concerns |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
| Subject |
Education -- Australia.
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Teaching -- Social aspects -- Australia.
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Teaching -- Social aspects -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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Teaching -- Australia.
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Teaching -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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| Author |
Maxwell, T. W., 1947-
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Ninnes, Peter, 1960-
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| ISBN |
090824441X (paperback) |
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