{"product_id":"new-questions-for-contemporary-teachers","title":"New Questions for Contemporary Teachers","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Questions for Contemporary Teachers: taking a socio-cultural approach to education\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is an introductory overview of sociology of education. Typically taught as a compulsory subject in education programs, the book covers the needs of both primary and secondary student teachers. From the same team that authored \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Education \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePractising Education\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ethis title comprises all new chapters reflecting current sociological and educational perspectives. \n    \n It is divided into three distinctive sections: \u003cb\u003eHow to govern?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eDo we all get a fair go?\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWhere Now? \u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSection 1 examines the \u003cb\u003emechanisms of governance\u003c\/b\u003e and rejects the simplistic '\u003cb\u003edomination \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e coercion\u003c\/b\u003e' model of the exercise of power. Each chapter within the section explores the ways in which \u003cb\u003esocial management\u003c\/b\u003e occurs through careful and targeted regulation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSection 2 investigates the questions about how society distributes \u003cb\u003ewealth\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eaccess\u003c\/b\u003e without \u003cb\u003elapsing into reductionism\u003c\/b\u003e. It focuses on how notions such as '\u003cb\u003ecultural capital\u003c\/b\u003e' and '\u003cb\u003ehabitus'\u003c\/b\u003e shape educational outcomes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSection 3 examines the \u003cb\u003eissues relevant to the future of education\u003c\/b\u003e such as the \u003cb\u003eadvances in technology\u003c\/b\u003e, the role the government plays in implementing\u003cb\u003e school-based management practices\u003c\/b\u003e and ways in which schools can become more \u003cb\u003eglobalised\u003c\/b\u003e and  become far more \u003cb\u003emulti-national\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003emulti-faith\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003emulti-cultural geographic communities\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46286911799534,"sku":"9781741032260","price":86.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/new-questions-for-contemporary-teachers","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}