Schools and society : a sociological approach to education
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Schools and society : a sociological approach to education
（The Wadsworth sociology reader series）
Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2001
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Schools & society : a sociological approach to education
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This reader has been designed to present a broad introduction to the field of sociology of education. The articles that have been selected cover a broad range of theoretical perspectives, major concepts, and current issues and include both classic and contemporary sociologist's work.
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PART 1: WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION?1. Alan R. Sadovnik, Theories In the Sociology of Education.2. Emile Durkheim, Moral Education. 3. Talcott Parsons, The School Class as a Social System: Some of Its Functions In American Society. 4.Randall Collins, Conflict Theory of Educational Stratification. 5. Max Weber, The Typological Position of Confucian Education. 6. Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Education in a Capitalist Society. 7. Hugh Mehan, Understanding in Equality in Schools: The Contribution of Interpretive Studies. PART 2: SCHOOLS AS ORGANIZATIONS: STRUCTURE AND ROLES. 8. John W. Meyer and Brian Rowan, The Structure of Educational Organizations. 9. Rebecca Barr and Robert Dreeben, How Schools Work. 10. Harry L. Gracey, Learning the Student Role: Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp. 11. Barbara Schneider and David Stevenson, The Ambitious Generation: Imagining the Future. 12. Gerald Grant and Christine E. Murray, Teaching in America. 13. Richard M. Ingersoll, The Status of Teaching as a Profession. PART 3: INFORMAL SYSTEMS AND HIDDEN CURRICULUMS. 14. Mary Haywood Metz, Real School: A Universal Drama Amid Disparate Experience.15. Philip W. Jackson, Robert E. Boostrom, David T. Hansen, The Moral Life of Schools. 16. Pedro A. Noguera, Preventing and Producing Violence: A Critical Analysis of Responses to School Violence. PART 4: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE. 17. Ann Swidler and Jorge Arditi, The New Sociology of Knowledge. 18. Joan DelFattore, What Johnny Shouldn't Read.19. David Ruenzel, Fort Collins, Colorado: Washington Core Knowledge School.PART 5: EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS.20. Harold Wenglinsky, How Money Matters: The Effect of School District Spending on Academic Achievement. 21. Alan C. Kerckhoff and Lorraine Bell, Vocational Credentials and Attainment in the United States. 22. Karl L. Alexander, Public Schools and the Public Good. PART 6: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND SCHOOLS.23. James S. Coleman, The Concept of Equality of Educational Opportunity. 24. Joan Z. Spade, Lynn Columba, and Beth E. Vanfossen, Tracking in Mathematics and Science: Courses and Course-Selection Procedures. 25. Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Caroline Hodges Persell, Preparing for Power: America's Elite Boarding Schools. 26. Annette Lareau and Erin McNamara Horvat, Moments of Social Inclusion and Exclusion: Race, Class, and Cultural Capital in Family-School Relationships.27. Joan Z. Spade, Gender (Part contents)
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