145: Schooling and Social Identity with Dr. Patrick Alexander

Is the current age-based system of organising learning in schools in need of radical change? Dr. Patrick Alexander from Oxford Brookes University shares his thoughts based on his new book - Schooling and Social Identity: Learning to Act Your Age in Contemporary Britain. Patrick Alexander is a social anthropologist specialising in education, childhood and youth studies. Patrick's research and teaching interests include the sociology of schooling, youth and youth subcultures, gender, ethnography, and social theory.