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