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Part 1 Analytical framework: what is sociology? what is the sociology of education?, Peter MacDonald. Part 2 History: the rise of mass schooling, Clive Griggs; the rise, fall and rise again of selective secondary schooling, Clive Griggs. Part 3 Class, race and gender - Britain: social class in Britain, John Urry; social class and schooling, Jan Lee; the causes and effects of racism in Britain today, Barbara McKellar; monocultural, multicultural and anti-racist education, Mike Cole; what is gender? gender in Britain today, Janet Holland; gender and primary schooling, Jenny Shaw; chaining the brain - structural discrimination in testing, Brian Matthews. Part 4 Class, race and gender - a comparative example: class, gender and ethnicity as influences on Australian schooling - an overview, Bill Cope and Scott Poynting.