Sociology of Education: Emerging Perspectives

Jacket Description/Back: Sociology of Education discusses emerging theoretical and methodological approaches to the field of sociology of education. These emerging perspectives focus on the scholarship of class, race, gender and the state in education, and open up new avenues for theoretical and empirical work in the field. Anyone concerned with issues of quality and equality of educational opportunities and the social context of education will find Sociology of Education not only exciting but also useful in promoting new ways of thinking about and acting upon educational reform. Marc Notes: Avail. in cloth at $59.50 male academe; Also avail.in paper.

Contributor Bio:  Torres, Carlos Richard Allan King (1979) nacio en San Gil, Colombia. Estudio Ingenieria de Sistemas en la capital de su estado natal. Carrera que ejerce a la fecha. Desde su epoca universitaria descubrio su pasion por la escritura recorriendo un largo camino de esfuerzo y dedicacion hasta reunir el material de calidad presente en esta coleccion de cuentos. Su pseudonimo se debe a dos de sus escritores preferidos: Edgar Allan Poe y Stephen King. Actualmente trabaja en su primera novela, un thriller de ciencia ficcion fascinante titulado tentativamente como Wireless.