ABSTRACT
The term 'sociology' is used, for the sake of brevity, to mean 'sociology and social psychology'. A guiding principle of the course was that the split between sociology and psychology was an academic convention only and not useful in the study of education. The chapter begins with a brief description of the students on the course followed by a discussion of the approach adopted. It describes author's initial reactions to the life histories, which seemed qualitatively different from the usual products from students. After analysing D. M rebellion against the system, his compromises, and eventual promotion within the system he rejects, he deals with an expression of his feelings of frustration and impotence in the current period: 'The Trojan horse now in heart of the citadel but unable to release its secrets'. Moreover, the form of discursive consciousness facilitated by a sociology and social psychology course would seem to be particularly appropriate when considering innovating strategies in schools.
