John Beck studied at the universities of Cambridge and London. He is Senior Lecturer in Education at Homerton College, Cambridge. He has been a teacher of geography and was later Head of Social Sciences at Thomas Bennett School. Chris Jenks studied at the universities of Surrey and London. He is Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmith College, University of London. Nell Keddie studied at the universities of Cambridge and London. She is Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmith College, University of London. Michael F.D. Young studied at the universities of Cambridge and Essex, and the former Regent Polytechnic. He is Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Education at the University of London Institute of Education, and was previously Head of Science at the London Nautical School.

• General Introduction, Part One: Childhood as a Social Construct, Part Two: Social Pathology Models and the Sociology of Education, Part Three: Ability as a Social Construct, Part Four: Teacher-Pupil Relations, Part Five: Perspectives on Learning, Part Six: Knowledge as a Corpus, Part Seven: Education and Rationality, Further Reading

John Beck studied at the universities of Cambridge and London. He is Senior Lecturer in Education at Homerton College, Cambridge. He has been a teacher of geography and was later Head of Social Sciences at Thomas Bennett School. Chris Jenks studied at the universities of Surrey and London. He is Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmith College, University of London. Nell Keddie studied at the universities of Cambridge and London. She is Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmith College, University of London. Michael F.D. Young studied at the universities of Cambridge and Essex, and the former Regent Polytechnic. He is Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Education at the University of London Institute of Education, and was previously Head of Science at the London Nautical School.

• General Introduction, Part One: Childhood as a Social Construct, Part Two: Social Pathology Models and the Sociology of Education, Part Three: Ability as a Social Construct, Part Four: Teacher-Pupil Relations, Part Five: Perspectives on Learning, Part Six: Knowledge as a Corpus, Part Seven: Education and Rationality, Further Reading

John Beck studied at the universities of Cambridge and London. He is Senior Lecturer in Education at Homerton College, Cambridge. He has been a teacher of geography and was later Head of Social Sciences at Thomas Bennett School. Chris Jenks studied at the universities of Surrey and London. He is Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmith College, University of London. Nell Keddie studied at the universities of Cambridge and London. She is Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmith College, University of London. Michael F.D. Young studied at the universities of Cambridge and Essex, and the former Regent Polytechnic. He is Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Education at the University of London Institute of Education, and was previously Head of Science at the London Nautical School.

• General Introduction, Part One: Childhood as a Social Construct, Part Two: Social Pathology Models and the Sociology of Education, Part Three: Ability as a Social Construct, Part Four: Teacher-Pupil Relations, Part Five: Perspectives on Learning, Part Six: Knowledge as a Corpus, Part Seven: Education and Rationality, Further Reading