Schools and Society : A Sociological Approach to Education

by Ballantine, Jeanne H.

• ISBN13: 9780534619565
• ISBN10: 0534619568
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-16
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Part 1: WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION? 1. Theories in the Sociology of Education by Alan R. Sadovnik. 2. Moral Education by Emile Durkheim. 3. The School Class As a Social System by Talcott Parsons. 4. Conflict Theory of Educational Stratification by Randall Collins. 5. The Typological Position of Confucian Education by Max Weber. 6. Schooling in Capitalist Societies by Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis. 7. Bridges to the Future: Contributions of Qualitative Research to the Sociology of Education by Carolyn Riehl. Part 2: SCHOOLS AS ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ROLES OF TEACHERS. 8. How Schools Work by Rebecca Barr and Robert Dreeben. 9. School Size and the Organization of Secondary Schools by Valerie E. Lee. 10. Teaching in America: The Slow Revolution by Gerald Grant and Christine E. Murray. 11. The Status of Teaching as a Profession by Richard M. Ingersoll. Part 3: THE INFORMAL SYSTEM AND THE HIDDEN CURRICULUM. 12. Real School: A Universal Drama Amid Disparate Experience by Mary Haywood Metz. 13. Inner Cities, Affluent Suburgs, and Unequal Educational Opportunity by Jeann Anyon. 14. The Moral Life of Schools by P. W. Jackson, R. E. Bookstrom, and D. T. Hansen. 15. Act your Age! A Cultural Construction of Adolescence by Nancy Lesko. 16. Are America''s Schools Safe? Students Speak Out by Lynn Addington, Sally A. Ruddy, Amanda K. Miller, Jill F. DeVoe, and Kathryn A. Chandler. Part 4: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE. 17. The New Sociology of Knowledge by Ann Swidler and Jorge Arditi. 18. Romeo and Juliet Were Just Good Friends by Joan DelFattore. 19. The Content of Curriculum by Elizabeth H. McEneaney and John W. Meyer. Part 5: SCHOOLING IN ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT: EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS. 20. The Structure of Educational Organizations by John W. Meyer and Brian Rowan. 21. How Money Matters: The Effect of School District Spending on Academic Achievement by Harold Wenglinsky. 22. Comprehensive Reform for Urban High Schools by Nettie E. Letgers, Robert Balfanz, Will J. Jordan and James M. McPartland. 23. Gender Bias: From Colonial America to Today''s Classrooms by David Sadker and Myra Sadker. 24. Public Schools and the Public Good by Karl L. Alexander. Part 6: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND SCHOOLS. 25. American Schooling and Educational Inequality by Adam Gamoran. 26. Tracking in Mathematics and Science: Courses and Course Selection Procedures by Joan Z. Spade, Lynn Columba, and Beth E. Vanfossen. 27. Moments of Social Inclusion and Exclusion: Race, Class, and Cultural Capital in Family-School Relationships by Annette Lareau and Erin McNamara Horvat. 28. Gender in Education in the United States by Joan Z. Spade. 29. Everyday Schooling and the Elaboration of Race-Gender Stratification by Linda Grant. Part 7: EFFORTS TOWARD EQUALITY AND EQUITY IN EDUCATION. 30. Deepening Segregation in American Public Schools by Gary Orfield, Mark D. Bachmeier, David R. James, and Tamela Eitle. 31. The Shape of the River: Long-term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions by William G. Bowan and Derek Bok. 32. Defining Democracy in the Neoliberal Age: Charter School Reform and Educational Consumption by Amy Stuart Wells, Julie Slayton, Janelle Scott. 33. The National Head Start Program for Disadvantaged Preschoolers by Edward Zigler, Sally J. Styfco, and Elizabeth Gilman. 34. Understanding Cultural Diversity and Learning by John U. Ogbu. 35. Equitable Classrooms in a Changing Society by Elizabeth G. Cohen. Part 8: HIGHER EDUCATION. 36. The Stratification of the Academy by Zelda F. Gamson. 37. The Community College: The Impact, Origin, and Future of a Contradictory Institution by Kevin J. Dougherty. 38. Student Protest and Multicultural Reform by Robert A. Rhoads. 39. Gender Inequality in Higher Education by Jerry A. Jacobs. 40. The Soul of a New University by Arthur Levine. Part 9: EDUCATION IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT. 41. Institutional Approach to the Study of Education by Aaron Benavot. 42. Development and Education by Colette

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
About the Editors	xv
Introduction to the Text	xvii
PART I What Is Sociology of Education? Theories of Education	1	(72)
Theories in the Sociology of Education	7	(20)
Alan R. Sadovnik
Moral Education	27	(5)
Emile Durkheim
The School Class as a Social System	32	(9)
Talcott Parsons
Conflict Theory of Educational Stratification	41	(8)
Randall Collins
The Typological Position of Confucian Education	49	(3)
Max Weber
Schooling in Capitalist Societies	52	(4)
Samuel Bowles
Herbert Gintis
Bridges to the Future: Contributions of Qualitative Research to the Sociology of Education	56	(17)
Carolyn Riehl
PART II Schools as Organizations and the Roles of Teachers	73	(46)
How Schools Work	77	(6)
Rebecca Barr
Robert Dreeben
School Size and the Organization of Secondary Schools	83	(10)
Valerie E. Lee
Teaching in America: The Slow Revolution	93	(9)
Gerald Grant
Christine E. Murray
The Status of Teaching as a Profession	102	(17)
Richard M. Ingersoll
PART III The Informal System and the Hidden Curriculum	119	(46)
Real School: A Universal Drama Amid Disparate Experience	123	(13)
Mary Haywood Metz
The Moral Life of Schools	136	(8)
P. W. Jackson
R. E. Boostrom
D. T. Hansen
Learning the Student Role: Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp	144	(5)
Harry L. Gracey
Act Your Age! A Cultural Construction of Adolescence	149	(12)
Nancy Lesko
Are America's Schools Safe? Students Speak Out	161	(4)
Lynn A. Addington
Sally A. Ruddy
Amanda K. Miller
Jill F. DeVoe
Kathryn A. Chandler
PART IV Social Construction of Knowledge	165	(32)
The New Sociology of Knowledge	169	(8)
Ann Swidler
Jorge Arditi
Romeo and Juliet Were Just Good Friends	177	(7)
Joan DelFattore
The Content of the Curriculum: An Institutionalist Perspective	184	(13)
Elizabeth H. McEneaney
John W. Meyer
PART V Schooling in a Social Context: Educational Environments	197	(48)
The Structure of Educational Organizations	201	(12)
John W. Meyer
Brian Rowan
How Money Matters: The Effect of School District Spending on Academic Achievement	213	(7)
Harold Wenglinsky
Comprehensive Reform for Urban High Schools	220	(7)
Nettie E. Legters
Robert Balfanz
Will J. Jordan
James M. McPartland
Through the Back Door: The History of Women's Education	227	(7)
Myra
David Sadker
Public Schools and the Public Good	234	(11)
Karl L. Alexander
PART VI Social Stratification and Schools	245	(64)
American Schooling and Educational Inequality: A Forecast for the 21st Century	249	(16)
Adam Gamoran
Tracking in Mathematics and Science: Courses and Course Selection Procedures	265	(11)
Joan Z. Spade
Lynn Columba
Beth E. Vanfossen
Moments of Social Inclusion and Exclusion: Race, Class, and Cultural Capital in Family-School Relationships	276	(11)
Annette Lareau
Erin McNamara Horvat
Gender and Education in the United States	287	(9)
Joan Z. Spade
Everyday Schooling and the Elaboration of Race-Gender Stratification	296	(13)
Linda Grant
PART VII Efforts Toward Equality and Equity in Education	309	(56)
Deepening Segregation in American Public Schools	313	(11)
Gary Orfield
Mark D. Bachmeier
David R. James
Tamela Eitle
The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions	324	(13)
William G. Bowen
Derek Bok
School Selection as a Process: The Multiple Dimensions of Race in Framing Educational Choice	337	(4)
Salvatore Saporito
Annette Lareau
The National Head Start Program for Disadvantaged Preschoolers	341	(6)
Edward Zigler
Sally J. Styfco
Elizabeth Gilman
Understanding Cultural Diversity and Learning	347	(12)
John U. Ogbu
Equitable Classrooms in a Changing Society	359	(6)
Elizabeth G. Cohen
PART VIII Higher Education	365	(44)
The Stratification of the Academy	371	(6)
Zelda F. Gamson
The Community College: The Impact, Origin, and Future of a Contradictory Institution	377	(9)
Kevin J. Dougherty
Student Protest and Multicultural Reform	386	(7)
Robert A. Rhoads
Gender Inequality in Higher Education	393	(12)
Jerry A. Jacobs
The Soul of a New University	405	(4)
Arthur Levine
PART IX Education in an International Context	409	(46)
Institutional Approach to the Study of Education	413	(8)
Aaron Benavot
Development and Education	421	(11)
Colette Chabbott
Francisco O. Ramirez
Education and Social Stratification Processes in Comparative Perspective	432	(17)
Alan C. Kerckhoff
Global Challenge and National Response: Notes for an International Dialogue on Higher Education	449	(6)
Philip G. Altbach
Todd M. Davis
PART X Educational Reform and Change	455	(44)
Tinkering Toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform	459	(20)
David Tyack
Larry Cuban
Wider Contexts and Future Issues: National Standards and School Reform in Japan and the United States	479	(6)
Thomas P. Rohlen
Beyond College for All: Career Paths for the Forgotten Half	485	(6)
James E. Rosenbaum
Deschooling Society	491	(8)
Ivan Illich
Concluding Remarks	499	(2)
Appendix A Web Resources for Continued Exploration of the Topics in This Book	501