Sociology of Education: A Critical Reader / Edition 2

by Alan R. Sadovnik, Ryan Coughlan

Overview

This comprehensive and bestselling reader examines the most pressing topics in sociology and education while exposing students to examples of sociological research in schools. Drawing from classic and contemporary scholarship, noted sociologist Alan R. Sadovnik with Ryan W. Coughlan have chosen readings that examine current issues and reflect diverse theoretical approaches to studying the effects of schooling and society. The third edition provides students with nine new readings from some of the best theorists and researchers in education including Sean F. Reardon, Ann Owens, Prudence L. Carter, and Pedro A. Noguera. Through full, rather than excerpted primary source readings, students have the opportunity to read sociological research as it is written and engage in critical analyses of readings in their entirety. This edition features a greater focus on issues of equality and accessibility in schooling for minority students and those with learning disabilities, while an all-new Part IV offers a selection of articles on the shifting social and political factors which have influenced the development of education policy and reform within the last six years. Including comprehensive section introductions, questions for reflection and discussion, and suggested readings, Sociology of Education will stimulate student thinking about the important roles that schools play in contemporary society and their ability to solve fundamental social, economic, and political problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415803700
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/10/2010
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	600
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Alan R. Sadovnik is Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of Education, Sociology, and Public Affairs at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

Ryan W. Coughlan is a Presidential Fellow and doctoral candidate in Urban Systems at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction     xiii
Suggested Readings     xvii
Theory and Method in the Sociology of Education     1
Theory and Research in the Sociology of Education   Alan R. Sadovnik     3
On Education and Society   Emile Durkheim     23
Functional and Conflict Theories of Educational Stratification   Randall Collins     37
Broken Promises: School Reform in Retrospect   Samuel Bowles   Herbert Gintis     53
On Understanding the Processes of Schooling: The Contributions of Labeling Theory   Ray C. Rist     71
The Forms of Capital   Pierre Bourdieu     83
Social Class and Pedagogic Practice   Basil Bernstein     97
The Effects of Education as an Institution   John W. Meyer     115
Part I Suggested Readings     131
School Organization and Processes: Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum     133
The Organizational Context of Teaching and Learning: Changing Theoretical Perspectives   Adam Gamoran   Walter G. Secada   Cora B. Marrett     135
Is there Really a Teacher Shortage?   Richard Ingersoll     159
Whose Markets, Whose Knowledge?   Michael W. Apple     177
Part II Suggested Readings     195
International Education     197
The Political Construction of Mass Schooling: European Origins and Worldwide Institutionalization   Francisco O. Ramirez   John Boli     199
Marketization and Privatization in Mass Education Systems   Geoff Whitty   Sally Power     219
Nation versus Nation: The Race to Be the First in the World   David P. Baker   Gerald LeTendre     233
Part III Suggested Readings     247
Higher Education     249
Changes in Access to Higher Education in the United States, 1980-1992   David Karen     251
It's Not Enough to Get Through the Open Door: Inequalities by Social Background in Transfer from Community Colleges to Four-Year Colleges   Kevin J. Dougherty   Gregory S. Kienzl     267
College-for-All: Do Students Understand What College Demands?   James E. Rosenbaum     291
Part VI Suggested Readings     309
Education and Inequality     311
Tracking: From Theory to Practice   Maureen Hallinan     313
More than Misplaced Technology: A Normative and Political Response to Hallinan on Tracking   Jeannie Oakes     318
Invisible Inequality: Social Class and Childrearing in Black Families and White Families   Annette Lareau     325
Collective Identity and the Burden of Acting White in Black History, Community, and Education   John U. Ogbu     355
Burden of Acting Neither White Nor Black: Asian American Identities and Achievement in Urban Schools   Jamie Lew     379
The Help-Seeking Orientation of Latino and Non-Latino Urban High School Students: A Critical-Sociological Investigation   Ricardo D. Stanton-Salazar   Lisa F. Chavez   Robert H. Tai     391
What Do We Know About the Effects of Single-Sex Schools in the Private Sector?: Implications for Public Schools   Cornelius Riordan     415
Part V Suggested Readings     431
Educational Reform and Policy     435
Complexity, Accountability, and School Improvement   Jennifer A. O'Day     437
False Promises: The School Choice Provisions in No Child Left Behind   Douglas Lauen     461
Our Impoverished View of Educational Reform   David C. Berliner     487
Part VI Suggested Readings     517
Permissions     519
Index     521

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Previous Editions:

"Sociology of Education is a fabulous reader. Sadovnik lays out the field in a concise but nuanced way. Students are much better served by having experience with full arguments and being able to see setups, methods, and other parts that excerpted works often cut." —Marcus Weaver-Hightower, Associate Professor, Educational Foundations and Research, University of North Dakota

"Sociology of Education offers the student a concise portrayal of sociological theory and methods and an understanding that sociology is not limited to a single level of focus, such as on individuals, collectivities, or societies. Further, this textbook possesses a hallmark of quality textbooks in sociology—-a capacity to weave diverse theories together."—A. Gary Dworkin, Professor of Sociology, University of Houston

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