Miseducation: Inequality, Education and the Working Classes

Diane Reay

doi:10.46692/9781447330646

This book brings Brian Jackson and Dennis Marsden's pioneering Education and the Working Class from 1962 up to date for the twenty-first century and reveals what we can do to achieve a fairer education system.

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Frontmatter
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Miscellenous Frontmatter
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Dedication
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Miscellenous Frontmatter
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Contents
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About the author
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Acknowledgements
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List of figures and tables
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List of abbreviations
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Introduction: a personal reflection
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one - Why can’t education compensate for society?
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two - The history of class in education
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three - Working-class educational experiences
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four - Class in the classroom
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five - Social mobility: a problematic solution
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six - The middle and upper classes: getting the ‘best’ for your own child
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seven - Class feeling: troubling the soul and preying on the psyche
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eight - Conclusion
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Epilogue: thinking through class
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Notes
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References
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Miscellenous Frontmatter
pp iii-iii

Dedication
pp iv-iv

Miscellenous Frontmatter
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

About the author
pp viii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-ix

List of figures and tables
pp x-x

List of abbreviations
pp xi-xii

Introduction: a personal reflection
pp 1-10

one - Why can’t education compensate for society?
pp 11-28

two - The history of class in education
pp 29-56

three - Working-class educational experiences
pp 57-74

four - Class in the classroom
pp 75-100

five - Social mobility: a problematic solution
pp 101-130

six - The middle and upper classes: getting the ‘best’ for your own child
pp 131-154

seven - Class feeling: troubling the soul and preying on the psyche
pp 155-174

eight - Conclusion
pp 175-196

Epilogue: thinking through class
pp 197-200

Notes
pp 201-210

References
pp 211-230

Index
pp 231-236

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