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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779011103321

Autore

Tyler William <1940-, >

Titolo

The sociology of educational inequality / / William Tyler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-46222-8

1-283-57839-5

9786613890849

0-203-12738-2

1-136-46223-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Collana

Routldge library editions : education ; ; v. 202

Disciplina

370.1150941

370.19/341

370.19341

Soggetti

Students - Great Britain - Social conditions

Great Britain Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1977 by Methuen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

THE SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY; Copyright; The sociology of educational inequality; Copyright; Contents; Editor's introduction; 1 The causal structure of educational inequality; 2 Education and jobs -the 'tightening bond'  examined; 3 The school environment: does it matter?; 4 Genetics and inequality: the IQ debate; 5 Social background and attainment; 6 Fairness and merit: a reappraisal of educational policy; References and name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

What is the most significant factor for explaining why some individuals are more successful than others - genetic inheritance, privileged background or luck? Although conventional approaches stress the prime importance of one of these, Tyler argues that such theories fail to deal adequately with the complexity of educational inequality and suggests that Boudon's model of opportunity and mobility would provide us with a more productive explanation. By applying this model to post-war British education he shows how we might effectively think our approaches to the 'cycle of deprivation', compre