Canadian Perspectives on the Sociology of Education

This outstanding collection of original essays written by academics from coast-to-coast examines the complex relationship between school and society. Chapters range from the theoretical to the empirical, and from substantive concerns affecting student’s lives to those affecting governance issues. Taking a critical approach, the text urges readers to ask difficult questions about teaching and schooling. By illustrating the multiple sociological forces that come into play for educators and learners, Canadian Perspectives on the Sociology of Education challenges the reductive and pragmatic approach adopted in conventional education courses.

Cynthia Levine-Rasky is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Queen’s University in Canada. Her current and proposed research concerns the intersections of gender, race/ethnicity, and class among parents involved in choosing schools for their children.