Pays : Suisse
Langue(s) : anglais
Date : du 14-11-2014 au 15-11-2014
Lieu : Fribourg (HEP)
Organisation :
Swiss sociological association
Programme :
In the past the development of educational sociology within Switzerland’s various language regions has differed. While educational sociology in the French-speaking part of Switzerland has drawn upon the French tradition of the sociology of the school, which is enriched by both political-scientific and post-Bourdieu perspectives, the research in educational sociology at German-speaking universities is predominantly based on the two theoretical schools of Boudon and Bourdieu. In the meantime perspectives of education have developed in German-speaking Switzerland that are inspired, amongst others, by sociological systems theory and organisational sociology. Moreover research in educational sociology in both parts of Switzerland does not only cover public schools, but also focusses on vocational education, higher education, academic careers and so on.
The influence of the different schools of thought in the history of the French- and German-speaking social sciences have produced a plurality and variety of theoretical and methodological approaches within the sub-discipline of educational sociology. This is reflected by the increasing number of articles that cover educational topics in the Swiss Journal of Sociology. This variety demonstrates the real potential and quality of the small, but emerging field of Swiss educational sociology. Yet no systematic overview over this growing sub-discipline of Swiss sociology exists, which takes schools and education as one of the central societal institutions into consideration.
This has prompted the Swiss Sociology of Education Research Network, created in early 2012, to organise a conference with the aim to provide an overview of current research in educational sociology in Switzerland and to promote a fruitful exchange between the language regions. In order to ensure this exchange the thematic orientation of this call for papers is an open one. Education can be seen both as an explanans as well as an explanandum of social relations, facts and problems. Research in educational sociology thereby focuses on a wide range of educational processes and attainment in
informal settings (family, peer group, leisure, workplace), formal settings (preschool, primary school, lower and upper – both general and vocational – secondary education, tertiary education, tertiary level professional education and training, further education and adult education), and non-formal, extracurricular settings (e.g. youth work, private teaching, commercial education offers). Educational attainment can be perceived in different embodied, institutionalised and symbolic forms of intended or unintended nature (such as cultural capital, knowledge, know-how, skills, competence, qualification, certificates, educational levels etc.), and it can be linked to political measures, such as educational policies and reforms.
The contributions may therefore refer to a broad concept of education, but its analysis must be sociologically well-founded on a theoretical-conceptual level. The conference is addressed to colleagues, who either do research in Switzerland or on Swiss education. Theoretical-empirically aligned contributions (qualitative and/or quantitative) are particularly welcome.
Programme :
Welcome address: Prof. Dr. Pascale Marro, Principal, University of Teacher Education Fribourg
Plenary session: Historical, regional and institutional perspectives on educational sociology in Switzerland
Plenary session: Future activities and development of the network
Panel 1: Education and knowledge production
Panel 2: Migration and educational transitions
Panel 3: Interactions in educational settings
Panel 4: Socialisation for VET
Panel 5: Teacher practices at school
Panel 6: Professional identification and flexibilisation in VET
Panel 7: Educational policies and social selectivity
Panel 8: Gender and educational transitions
URL : http://www.phfr.ch/.../conference
mot(s) clé(s) : recherche en éducation
Sociological perspectives in research on education in Switzerland
Date : du 14-11-2014 au 15-11-2014
Lieu : Fribourg (HEP)
Organisation :
Swiss sociological association
Programme :
In the past the development of educational sociology within Switzerland’s various language regions has differed. While educational sociology in the French-speaking part of Switzerland has drawn upon the French tradition of the sociology of the school, which is enriched by both political-scientific and post-Bourdieu perspectives, the research in educational sociology at German-speaking universities is predominantly based on the two theoretical schools of Boudon and Bourdieu. In the meantime perspectives of education have developed in German-speaking Switzerland that are inspired, amongst others, by sociological systems theory and organisational sociology. Moreover research in educational sociology in both parts of Switzerland does not only cover public schools, but also focusses on vocational education, higher education, academic careers and so on.
The influence of the different schools of thought in the history of the French- and German-speaking social sciences have produced a plurality and variety of theoretical and methodological approaches within the sub-discipline of educational sociology. This is reflected by the increasing number of articles that cover educational topics in the Swiss Journal of Sociology. This variety demonstrates the real potential and quality of the small, but emerging field of Swiss educational sociology. Yet no systematic overview over this growing sub-discipline of Swiss sociology exists, which takes schools and education as one of the central societal institutions into consideration.
This has prompted the Swiss Sociology of Education Research Network, created in early 2012, to organise a conference with the aim to provide an overview of current research in educational sociology in Switzerland and to promote a fruitful exchange between the language regions. In order to ensure this exchange the thematic orientation of this call for papers is an open one. Education can be seen both as an explanans as well as an explanandum of social relations, facts and problems. Research in educational sociology thereby focuses on a wide range of educational processes and attainment in
informal settings (family, peer group, leisure, workplace), formal settings (preschool, primary school, lower and upper – both general and vocational – secondary education, tertiary education, tertiary level professional education and training, further education and adult education), and non-formal, extracurricular settings (e.g. youth work, private teaching, commercial education offers). Educational attainment can be perceived in different embodied, institutionalised and symbolic forms of intended or unintended nature (such as cultural capital, knowledge, know-how, skills, competence, qualification, certificates, educational levels etc.), and it can be linked to political measures, such as educational policies and reforms.
The contributions may therefore refer to a broad concept of education, but its analysis must be sociologically well-founded on a theoretical-conceptual level. The conference is addressed to colleagues, who either do research in Switzerland or on Swiss education. Theoretical-empirically aligned contributions (qualitative and/or quantitative) are particularly welcome.
Programme :
Welcome address: Prof. Dr. Pascale Marro, Principal, University of Teacher Education Fribourg
Plenary session: Historical, regional and institutional perspectives on educational sociology in Switzerland
Plenary session: Future activities and development of the network
Panel 1: Education and knowledge production
Panel 2: Migration and educational transitions
Panel 3: Interactions in educational settings
Panel 4: Socialisation for VET
Panel 5: Teacher practices at school
Panel 6: Professional identification and flexibilisation in VET
Panel 7: Educational policies and social selectivity
Panel 8: Gender and educational transitions
URL : http://www.phfr.ch/.../conference
mot(s) clé(s) : recherche en éducation
