Introduction: School Experience: Explorations in the Sociology of Education; 1. The Meaning of Academic Performance: How Teachers Define a Classroom Situation Robert A. Stebbins 2. School Learning: the Cultural Resources Required by Pupils to Answer a Teacher’s Question Martyn Hammersley 3. Mock-ups and Cock-ups: The Stage-Management of Guided Discovery Instruction Paul Atkinson and Sara Delamont 4. Interupting Intersubjectivity Brian Torode 5. Appearances: A Videographic Study of Children’s Culture Ronald J. Silvers 6. Anancy Goes to School: A Case Study of Pupil’s Knowledge of their Teachers Viv Furlong 7. School Experience – More Sociological Ambiguities? Tim Lang 8. Humour in the Classroom Rob Walker and Ivor Goodson 9. Sociological Constructions: Teachers’ Categories Clem Adelman 10. Experiencing School Knowledge: The Case of Social Studies Geoff Whitty 11. Social Science – Innovations or Alienation? Michael F. D. Young 12. Structural Features of the Classroom Anthony G. Green 13. Teaching for Survival Peter Woods; Indexes