Routledge Pupil Strategies - Sociology of the School Book

What do pupils actually do in school? This volume from the Routledge Library Editions: Education series addresses a significant gap in academic research by focusing on the pupil perspective. Instead of looking only at institutional structures, this book reconstructs the school experience from the point of view of the students themselves, within the context of their own cultures and careers. Through a collection of research studies, readers explore how pupils cope with school environments. The text includes theoretical papers that examine a developmental model of pupil strategy growth based on primary and secondary socialisation. It also introduces the concept of interactionist empiricism, which advocates for coordinated research between micro and macro perspectives. This book is an essential resource for those studying the sociology of education and seeking to understand the lived experiences of students in the classroom.