Schools and society
Subtitle: a sociological approach to education
By: editors, Jeanne H. Ballantine, Joan Z. Spade
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Sage/Pine Forge Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9781412979245
Subjects: Social aspects; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Educational sociology; School management and organization
Description: "This reader is designed to present a broad introduction to the field of Sociology of Education. It is geared toward upper-level undergraduate and beginning level graduate courses in Sociology of Education, Foundations of Education, and related courses. It may be used as a text by itself or as a supplement to another text. Articles have been selected based on the following criteria: 1.) Articles that illustrate a broad range of theoretical perspectives, major concepts, and current issues. 2.) Articles that provide a level of reading and sophistication appropriate to upper-level students. 3.) Articles from a wide range of respected sources. 4.) Inclusion of both classic and contemporary sociologists' work in order to provide an excellent balance"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION? THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 1. Getting Started: Understanding Education Through Sociological Theory; title: Jeanne H. Ballantine and Joan Z. Spade 2. Moral Education; title: Emile Durkheim 3. The School Class as a Social System; title: Talcott Parsons 4. Schooling in Capitalist Societies; title: Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis 5. Conflict Theory of Educational Stratification; title: Randall Collins 6. Becoming Deviant: The Labeling Perspective; title: Ray Rist CHAPTER 2: Studying Schools: Research Methods in Education 7. Small Class Size and Its Effects; title: Bruce J. Biddle and David C. Berliner 8. Moments of Social Inclusion and Exclusion: Race, Class, and Cultural Capital in Family School Relationships; title: Annette Lareau and Erin McNamara Horvat 9. How to Avoid Statistical Traps; title: Gerald W. Bracey CHAPTER 3: SCHOOLING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT: EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS 10. The Structure of Educational Organizations; title: John W. Meyer and Brian Rowan 11. No Child Left Behind--and Beyond: The Federal Government Gets Serious About Accountability; title: Kathryn M. Borman and Bridget A. Cotner 12. Exit Exams Harm Students Who Fail Them and Don't Benefit Students who Pass Them; title: John Robert Warren and Eric Grodsky 13. School Finance: Raising Questions for Urban Schools; title: Augustina H. Reyes and Gloria M. Rodriquez 14. Lasting Consequences of the Summer Learning Gap; title: Karl L. Alexander, Doris R. Entwisle, and Linda Steffel Olson 15. The First and Second Digital Divides; title: Paul Attewell CHAPTER 4: SCHOOLS AS ORGANIZATIONS: FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATION 16. How Schools Work; title: Rebecca Barr and Robert Dreeben 17. Organizing Schools for Improvement; title: Anthony S. Bryk 18. School Boards in America: Flawed, but Still Significant; title: Gene I. Maeroff 19. Learning the Student Role: Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp; title: Harry L. Gracey 20. Real School: The Universal Drama Amid Disparate Experience; title: Mary Haywood Metz 21. Why Public Schools Need Democratic Governance; title: Diane Ravitch CHAPTER 5: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS 22. School Principal: Managing in Public; title: Dan C. Lortie 23. The Status of Teaching as a Profession; title: Richard M. Ingersoll and Elizabeth Merrill 24. Teacher Burnout in Light of School Safety, Student Misbehavior, and Changing Accountability Standards; title: Anthony Gary Dworkin and Pamela F. Tobe 25. Teacher Influences on Students' Attachment to School; title: Maureen T. Hallinan 26. After the Bell: Participation in Extracurricular Activities, Classroom Behavior, and Academic Achievement; title: Elizabeth Covay and William Carbonaro 27. Low-Level Violence: A Neglected Aspect of School Culture; title: David R. Dupper and Nancy Meyer-Adams 28. The Dropout Problem: Losing Ground; title: Paul E. Barton CHAPTER 6: WHAT WE TEACH IN SCHOOLS: KNOWLEDGE FOR WHAT AND WHOM? 29. Romeo and Juliet Were Just Good Friends; title: Joan DelFattore 30. America in World War II: An Analysis of History Textbooks From England, Japan, Sweden, and the United States; title: Stuart Foster and Jason Nicholls 31. Facts or Critical Thinking Skills? What the NAEP Results Say; title: Harold Wenglinsky CHAPTER 7: WHO GETS AHEAD? RACE, CLASS AND GENDER IN EDUCATION 32. Schools: The Great Equalizer and the Key to the American Dream; title: Heather Beth Johnson 33. Tracking in Mathematics and Science: Courses and Course Selection Procedures; title: Joan Z. Spade, Lynn Columba, and Beth E. Vanfossen 34. "Tuck in That Shirt!" Race, Class, Gender and Discipline in an Urban School; title: Edward W. Morris 35. 'Rednecks' and 'Rutters' and 'Rithmetic: Social Class, Masculinity and Schooling in a Rural Context; title: Edward W. Morris 36. How Race and Education Are Related; title: Caroline Hodges Persell 37. Gender and Education; title: Roslyn Arlin Mickelson CHAPTER 8: EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY: ATTEMPTS TOWARD EQUALITY AND EQUITY IN EDUCATION 38. Lessons Forgotten; title: Gary Orfield 39. Learning Through Experience: What Graduates Gained by Attending Desegregated High Schools; title: Jennifer Jellison Holme, Amy Stuart Wells, and Anita Tijerina Revilla 40. Charter Schools and the Public Good; title: Linda A. Renzulli and Vincent J. Roscigno 41. Organizing for Success: From Inequality to Quality; title: Linda Darling-Hammond 42. The Achievement Gap: A Broader Picture; title: Richard Rothstein 43. Can Schooling Contribute to a More Just Society?; title: Michael W. Apple CHAPTER 9: HIGHER EDUCATION 44. The Stratification of the Academy; title: Zelda F. Gamson 45. Changes in the Status and Functions of Women's Colleges Over Time; title: Leslie Miller-Bernal 46. The Community College: The Impact, Origin, and Future of a Contradictory Institution; title: Kevin J. Dougherty 47. Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's Public Universities; title: William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, and Michael S. McPherson 48. Achievement Among Disadvantaged Children of Immigrants; title: Alejandro Portes and Patricia Fernandez-Kelly 49. Bologna Beyond 2010: Looking Backward, Looking Forward; title: Fiona HunterCHAPTER 10: GLOBALIZATION AND EDUCATION: COMPARING EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS: 50. Research on Globalization and Education; title: Joel Spring 51. The Global Environment of National School Systems; title: David P. Baker and Gerald K. LeTendre 52. Education and Social Stratification Processes in Comparative Perspective: School to Work; title: Alan C. Kerckhoff 53. Inexcusable Absence: Why 60 Million Girls Still Aren't in School and What to do About it; title: Maureen A. Lewis and Marlaine E. Lockheed 54. Educating All Children: A Global Agenda; title: Joel E. Cohen, David E. Bloom and Martin B. MalinCHAPTER 11: CAN SCHOOLS CHANGE? EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND CHANGE 55. The Perennial Reform: Fixing School Time; title: Larry Cuban 56. Wider Contexts and Future Issues: National Standards and School Reform in Japan and the United States; title: Thomas P. Rohlen 57. Progressive Social Movements and Educational Equity; title: Jean Anyon 58. Deschooling Society; title: Ivan IllichConcluding RemarksAppendix: Web Resources for Continued Exploration of the Topics in This Book.