02106    a2200253   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003700085040000700122041000800129072001600137072001400153072002100167072002100188072002100209072002200230100001500252245006500267250000600332260003200338300001000370520147200380036771868520250317100406.0250312042021GB                   eng    a9780367718688  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 145.00fBB  a01  aeng7 aJNAM2thema7 aJNAM2bic7 aEDU0000002bisac7 aFAM0000002bisac7 aSOC0260002bisac7 a370.1509942bisac1 aRW Connell10aMaking the DifferencebSchools, families and social division  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20210331  a228 p  bFirst published in 1982, Making the Difference has become a classic in the study of education and of Australian society. Hailed on publication as 'certainly the most interesting book written about Australian schools in a very long time [and] arguably the most important', it has since been recognised as one of the 10 most influential works of Australian sociology, 'not just a major argument, and a 'classic' point of reference, [but] an event, an intervention in ways of doing research and speaking to practice, a methodology, a textual style. it was designed to be read by a much wider audience than the standard sociological text, and it has succeeded'. Making the Difference draws on a detailed study of the schools and homes of the powerful and the wealthy, and of ordinary wage-earners. It allows children, parents and teachers to speak for themselves and from what they say it develops strikingly new ways of understanding 'educational inequality', of how the class and gender systems work, and of schools and their social roles. 'Equality of opportunity', co-education, and 'relevant and meaningful curriculum' are all questioned, sympathetically but incisively. Ranging across educational policy from system level to the everyday experience of kids and teachers, from the problems of schooling to the production of class and gender relations, this path-breaking combination of theory, research and politics remains engaging, thought-provoking, and relevant.