Notas curriculares:

1972 B.A. (Hons) Sociology, University of Essex

1973 M.A. (Sociological Studies) University of Sussex

1978 D. Phil. University of Sussex

2003 Doctor

honoris causa University of Turku, Finland

1975-1985 Lecturer in Education, University of Sussex

1985-1988 Lecturer in the Sociology of Education, King's College, London.

1988-1989 Reader in the Sociology of Education, University of London.

1989-2001 Professor of Education, King's College London

1997-2001 Director, Centre for Public Policy Research, Kings College London

1998 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

2000- Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences

2001-2004 Director Education Policy Research Unit, University of London, Insitute of Education

Actividades profissionais:

1976-1978 Member and Chairman, British Sociological Association, Teaching and Programmes Committee.

1975-1979 Member, Association for the Teaching of Social Sciences, Sussex Branch Committee.

1978-1980 Research Associate, Social Science Research Council funded Educational Case Records Project, Centre for Applied Research in Education, University of East Anglia. Director: Professor Lawrence Stenhouse.

1981-1984 Course Team Consultant, Open University Course E205.

1982-1983 Academic Consultant, BBC/Open University television programme "

Organizing to Learn".

1983-1986 English Correspondent, International Mother-Tongue Education Network.

1983-1987 Series Editor "Issues in Education and Training", Falmer Press.

1983-1985 Governor, Elm Grove Middle School, Brighton.

1984 Consultant Case Study Worker, Consultancy in Education Project, University of Queensland.

1984-1986 Co-Director, SREB (Southern Regional Examination Board) funded "CVPE-Pilot School" Research Project.

1985- Managing Editor, Journal of Education Policy.

1985- Abstractor, Sociology of Education Abstracts.

1985 Tutor on the ESRC funded summer school 'Qualitative Methods in Educational Research', University of Warwick

1986 Series Editor "Explorations in Ethnography".

1986 (Sept-Oct) Visiting Scholar, Institute of Educational Research, University of Stockholm.

1986-90 Member of the Advisory Board: Research Papers in Education.

1987-96 British Regional Editor: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.

1987 Visiting Summer School Tutor, Faculty of Education,University of Western Ontario.

1988-92 External Examiner, MA EPDM, University of Sussex.

1988-92 External Examiner, B.Ed course in sociology of education, University of Warwick.

1989-1990 Adviser to the NUT Executive on the National Curriculum.

1991 (Feb-April) Visiting Scholar: School of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

1991 (June) Visiting Scholar, Dept of Education, Uppsala University, Sweden

1992-93 Contributions to BBC Radio programmes: Third Ear, File on Four, and PM.

1994 (August)VisitingFellow Tokyo Metropolitan University

1995 Visiting Lecturer, Volda College, Norway Consultant and contributor BBC Television series New Jerusalem: The Welfare State. Contributions to BBC Radio; PM, Analysis, Viva Radio, Sunrise Radio, etc.

1995-99 Member of ESRC Research Grants Board

1996- Fellow Royal Society of Arts

1997 Visiting Professor, School of Social and Policy Studies in Education, University of Sydney

1998 Visiting Scholar Havens Centre for Social Structure and Social Change, University of Madison-Wisconsin

1998 Wei Lun Visiting Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong

1999 Visiting Professor, School of Education, University of Western Australia

2000- Visiting Professor, School of Education, Universidad de San Andres, Buenos Aires Nominated by BERA to Academy of Social Sciences

2000- Member of Advisory Committee of ESRC Qualidata Centre Editorial Board member of following Journals: British Journal of Sociology of Education, International Journal of Inclusive Education, Discourse, Hong Kong Journal of Education, British Journal of In-service Education, Sociology of Education Abstracts, Australian Journal of Education, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Social Psychology of Education, Forum For Education, Education Today and Tommorrow, International Journal of Leadership

Publicações:

(1981) Ball, S.J.

Beachside Comprehensive: A case study of secondary schooling, Cambridge University Press.

(1986) Ball, S. J.

Sociology in Focus - Education, London, Longmans.

(1987) Ball, S.J.

The Micro-Politics of the School: Towards a theory of school organization, London, Methuen. London, Routledge. (SCSE annual book prize 'Best book on education')

(1990) Ball, S.J.

Politics and Policymaking in Education: explorations in policy sociology, London Routledge. (republished in Chinese 2003 East China Normal University Press)

(1992) Bowe, R. and Ball, S.J. with Gold, A.

Reforming Education and Changing schools: case studies in policy sociology, London, Routledge.

(1994) Ball, S.J.

Education Reform: A Critical and Post-Structural Approach, Buckingham, Open University Press. (republished in Chinese 2003 East China Normal University Press)

(1995) Gewirtz, S., Ball, S.J. and Bowe, R.

Markets Choice and Equity in Education, Buckingham, Open University Press.

(1996) Radnor, H. and Ball, S.J.

Local Education Authorities: Accountability and Control, Stoke-on-Trent, Trentham Books.

(2000) Ball, S.J., Maguire, M.M. and Macrae, S.

Choices, Pathways and Transitions Post-16: New Youth, New Economies in the Global City. London, RoutledgeFalmer

(2003) Ball, S. J.

Class Strategies and the Education Market: the middle class and social advantage. London, RoutledgeFalmer.

Contacto:

email: s.ball@ioe.ac.uk

Pertinência para o projecto:

Este investigador produziu um vasto trabalho na área da sociologia da educação. As suas contribuições cobrem três áreas principais: a inlfuência dos processos dentro da escola nas transformações da vida; os efeitos dos mercados e do pensamento orientado para o mercado na política educativa;  e os efeitos das classes sociais nas famílias e no comportamento dos jovens em relação à educação.