Problems of Sociology in Education

Problems of Sociology in Education
ISBN-10
1853020311
ISBN-13
9781853020315
Category
Education
Pages
159
Language
English
Published
1990
Publisher
London : Kingsley ; Paris : Unesco
Authors
International Bureau of Education, Roger Girod

Description

The author examines some of the major problems that arise in the sociology of education. It also sheds light on the methods which are frequently employed in studying them. The problems in question relate to two aspects of the level of education which people attain. The first of these, and the one which most studies and data take into account, is the level of education in the ordinary sense of the word, meaning that which is expressed in terms of formal qualifications. This book, however, is concerned with the invisible or real level of education, that is, the level of composite knowledge which individuals actually possess but which has no formal expression. Professor Girod sets out to show that formal and real levels of evaluation often bear little or no relation to one other and demonstrates their respective differences in evolution. In addition, he examines the problem of the inequality of opportunity from the point of view of access to education, both in its real and formal aspects. It is to this problem that the methods in this book relate as they consist of techniques for differentiating between the effects of the various factors contributing to these inequalities.

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