The School at the Frontiers of Modernity

Edited By: Maria Manuel Vieira, José Resende

From £16.99

This book uses the social sciences to discuss emergent educational processes in late modernity, providing an overview of schooling's contribution to its construction.

The aim of this book is to discuss the emergent forms of educational processes observed in the context of late modernity, mobilizing the contribution of…

The aim of this book is to discuss the emergent forms of educational processes observed in the context of late modernity, mobilizing the contribution of the social sciences. Through a plurality of educational subjects, this publication provides an overview of the contribution of schooling to the construction of late modernity.

José Resende received his Doctorate in Sociology from the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, New University of Lisbon in 2001, and is presently a Researcher at Forum Sociologico at the Permanent School Observatory of Instituto de Ciências Sociais, University of Lisbon.

Maria Manuel Vieira received her Doctorate in Sociology in 1998. She is Associate Researcher, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, and Former Vice-President of the Portuguese Sociological Association.

Marta Araújo, Luís Baptista, João Costa, Bruno Dionísio, Nikos Gousgounis, Nuno Jorge, José Resende, Rune Sakslind, Cláudia Urbano