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245 0 0 _aSchools and society :
_ba sociological approach to education /
_ceditors, Jeanne H. Ballantine, Joan Z. Spade.
250 _a4th ed.
260 _aLos Angeles :
_bSage/Pine Forge Press,
_cc2012.
300 _axiii, 538 p. :
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_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 8 _aMachine 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.
520 _a"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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