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“Building the New Jerusalem in Canada’s Green and Pleasant Land”: The Social Gospel and the Roots of English-Language Academic Sociology in Canada, 1889-1921

open access: yes, 2016
According to the conventional account of the history of English-Canadian sociology, the discipline was established in the 1920s at McGill, followed by developments at Dalhousie, Toronto and elsewhere. I dispute this account by documenting the substantial
Helmes-Hayes, Richard
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Biographies, ontological security and the socio‐spatial politics shaping teachers' mobility in remote Australia

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The global teacher shortage continues to intensify, with disparate impacts across geographic and socio‐economic communities. In Queensland, Australia, where this study originates, post‐COVID teacher shortages have intensified workforce pressures, leaving several regional, rural and remote schools as some of the ‘hardest‐to‐staff’ in the ...
Matthew Readette   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shaping the medieval reality: sociology of knowledge and history [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Autor u radu razmatra teorijski koncept i praktične primjene sociologije znanja u istraživanjima srednjovjekovne povijesti. Prema tom sociološkom pristupu djelovanje i ponašanje članova neke zajednice određuje korpus društvenoga znanja, a na čelu im ...
Popić, Tomislav, Tomislav Popić
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‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source

A Sociology of Tarot

open access: yes, 2014
This article attempts to establish a sociology of the occult in general, and a sociology of the Western tarot in particular. The tarot is a deck of 78 cards invented in Italy in the fifteenth century.
Sosteric, Mike
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No other choice: The fracturing of reflexivity in families' pathways into (non‐)elective home education in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In England, education is compulsory, but schooling is not: it is legal for families to home educate their children. This form of education is officially termed by the Department for Education as ‘Elective Home Education’. As this designation implies, many families home educate as a positive and preferential ‘choice’.
Katherine Davey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Burawoy: Reflections from Canadian Feminist Sociology

open access: yes, 2009
As president of the American Sociological Association in 2004, Michael Burawoy initiated a lively discussion about the sociological terrain in the United States and appealed to his colleagues to engage in more ‘public sociology’ (Burawoy, 2004, 2005a ...
McLaren, Arlene Tigar   +2 more
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Aspects de l’histoire de la sociologie en Grèce (1900-1980)

open access: yesSociologies, 2008
Sociology in contemporary Greece has had strong ties with the social, political and ideological evolutions. The discipline of sociology has functioned as a tool of modernization and social paradigm.
Mélétis E. Mélétopoulos
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Bourdieu in Aotearoa New Zealand: A systematic review of theoretical applications in educational research, 2000–2025

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article presents the first systematic review of scholarship applying Pierre Bourdieu's theoretical framework in New Zealand educational research, drawing on 30 peer‐reviewed studies published between 2000 and 2025. Following PRISMA guidelines, studies were coded for Bourdieusian concepts applied, depth of theoretical application ...
Liuning Yang
wiley   +1 more source

The epistemic ceiling: Veteran practitioners' perspectives on primary qualification entry standards for teaching secondary mathematics in Scotland

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents an exploratory analysis of contemporary curricular and professional qualification policies in the Scottish education system, focusing on minimum qualification thresholds for mathematics teaching. The study examines how veteran secondary mathematics practitioners perceive the structural and pedagogical implications of using ...
Paul Argyle McDonald
wiley   +1 more source

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