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Émile Durkheim: Father of the Sociology of Education
The establishment of the sociology of education is attributed to Émile Durkheim, one of the founding fathers of sociology. Durkheim’s fervent...
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Skills in the Sociology Major
When I ask students to name or provide examples of the skills they are develo** inside and outside their majors, they look panicked. They are...
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Continuing Bernstein: Social Realist Sociology of Education
This chapter introduces social realism as a perspective that has drawn upon Bernstein’s thinking about knowledge and connected it with...
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The Values of Sociology
Norms and values to guide behaviors and decisions inside and outside the workplace form an indispensable part of any professional identity. To be...
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How university rankings are made through globally coordinated action: a transnational institutional ethnography in the sociology of quantification
The sociologies of quantification, university rankings, and infrastructure are a loosely connected set of scholarly endeavors. Research in these...
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Internationalizing the Disciplinary Culture of Tsinghua’s Sociology
Academic disciplines are epistemological as well as cultural phenomena. This chapter seeks to throw light on how a burgeoning internationalization...
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Knowledge for the unknown? A history of the future in Swedish higher education and research policy, 1970–2020
This article analyses how the future has been discussed in Swedish higher education and research policy, providing an overview of public inquiries...
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Internationalizing the Disciplinary Organization of Sociology at Tsinghua
Along with China’s world-class university building initiatives, a burgeoning internationalization trend has left its mark on the disciplinary...
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The Importance of Rights-Based Intervention: Clinical Sociology
Rights-based intervention is based on human rights standards (often international ones) and aims to both promote and protect all people so that they...
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Decolonising Doctoral Education: Sociology of Emergences?
The COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement and the climate change crisis have thrown into sharp relief the vast global inequities faced...
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Teachers: “Architects of the Future of Humanity”
The issues surrounding the teaching profession were also often addressed as causes in themselves. Two issues dominated: teacher training and teacher...
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Language-in-Education and Sociology of Resilience for Child (Im)migrants: The Cases of India, China, and Australia
The Asia-Pacific region is home to half of the world’s living languages. Alongside the celebratory discourse of linguistic diversity exists a...
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Reflections on Teaching and Negotiating Race in Social Work and Sociology
This chapter draws on the authors’ personal reflections on teaching race and ethnicity to white and BAME students in sociology and social work. Very...
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Language-in-Education and Sociology of Resilience for Child (Im)migrants: The Cases of India, China, and Australia
The Asia-Pacific region is home to half of the world’s living languages. Alongside the celebratory discourse of linguistic diversity exists a...
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A Modernization Perspective on Dutch Universities in the Nineteenth Century: Theoretical Sociology Challenging Historiography
This chapter shows how Niklas Luhmann’s theoretical sociology, especially his work on self-organizing social systems, helped refine my examination of...
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The Future of Tourism Education in Argentina in a Post-COVID-19 Context
Tourism education is vital for the prospering future of the industry. Over the years, plenty of works have emphasized the importance of higher...
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Future Campus Design in the Digital Transformation of Education: Conceptual Model and Solutions
What the future campus will look like, whether it will disappear, and how to plan and design the future campus are topics of great concern to people....
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The development of cultural competences in nursing students and their significance in sha** the future work environment: a pilot study
BackgroundWorking in a culturally diverse environment entails a moral and professional responsibility to provide culturally competent care. This has...