The Social Organization of Schools: New Conceptualizations of the Learning Process

This volume addresses key issues in the sociology of education concerning how schools are organized for instruction and what processes link school organization and instruction to educational achievement. The content of the chapters represents a shift in focus from traditional and even recent themes in soci­ ology of education, including the study of school effects and of classroom processes, to a concern with the social organization of schools and its consequences for student outcomes. Rath...