Illustrating the effect of class relationships upon the institutionalizing of elaborate codes in the school, the papers in this volume each develop from the previous one and demonstrate the evolution of the concepts discussed.

Introduction Part I Changes in the moral basis of schools 1 Sources of consensus and disaffection section in Education 2 Ritual in education 3 Open schools-open society? Part II Changes in the coding of educational transmissions 4 On the curriculum 5 On the classification and framing of educational Knowledge 6 Class and pedagogies: visible and invisible 7 The sociology of education: a brief account