Synopses & Reviews
This comprehensive reader in the sociology of education examines important topics and exposes students to examples of sociological research on schools. Drawing from classic and contemporary scholarship, the editors have chosen readings that examine current issues and reflect diverse theoretical approaches to studying the effects of schooling on individuals and society.
Table of Contents
PrefaceIntroductionPART I. Theoretical and Historical PerspectivesStatus Attainment and Social Mobility Max Weber, The “Rationalization” of Education and TrainingPitirim Sorokin, Social and Cultural MobilityRalph H. Turner, Sponsored and Contest Mobility and the School SystemPeter M. Blau and Otis D. Duncan, The Process of StratificationHuman, Cultural, and Social CapitalTheodore W. Schultz, Investment in Human CapitalPierre Bourdieu, Cultural Reproduction and Social ReproductionJames Coleman and Thomas Hoffer, Schools, Families, and CommunitiesChanging Theories of Education SystemsEmile Durkheim, The First Element of Morality: The Spirit of DisciplineWillard Waller, The School and the CommunityRandall Collins, Functional and Conflict Theories of Educational StratificationHistorical AccountsSamuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Beyond the Educational Frontier: The Great American Dream FreezeDavid Tyack and Elisabeth Hansot, The Rising Tide of Coeducation in High SchoolPART II. Stratification Within and Between SchoolsSchool SectorPeter Cookson and Caroline Hodges Persell, The Chosen OnesAnthony Bryk, Valerie Lee, and Peter Holland, Classroom LifeRacial Segregation and Resource InequalityJames Coleman, Ernest Campbell, Carol Hobson, James McPartland, Alexander Mood, Frederic Weinfeld, and Robert York, The Coleman ReportChristopher Jencks and Marshall Smith, Henry Acland, Mary Jo Bane, David Cohen, Herbert Gintis, Barbara Heyns, Stephan Michelson, Inequality in Educational AttainmentJonathan Kozol, The Dream Deferred, Again, in San AntonioGary Orfield, The Growth of Segregation: African Americans, Latino,s and Unequal EducationDoris R. Entwistle, Karl Alexander, and Linda Olson, The Nature of SchoolingTrackingMaureen Hallinan, Tracking: From Theory to PracticeJeannie Oakes, The Distribution of KnowledgeAdam Gamoran, Is Ability Grouping Equitable?PART III. Class, Race, and GenderClassHans-Peter Blossfeld and Yossi Shavit, Persisting Barriers: Changes in Educational Opportunities in Thirteen CountriesPaul Willis, Elements of a CultureJay MacLeod, Teenagers in Clarendon Heights: The Hallway Hangars and the BrothersAnnette Lareau, Social Class Differences in Family–School Relationships: The Importance of Cultural CapitalRaceSignithia Fordham and John Ogbu, Black Students' School Success: Coping with the Burden of “Acting White”Amy Stuart Wells and Robert Crain, Consumers of Urban EducationChristopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips, America's Next Achievement Test: Closing the Black-White Test Score GapGenderRoslyn Arlin Mickelson, Why Does Jane Read and Write So Well? The Anomaly of Women's AchievementBarrie Thorne, Boys and Girls Together… But Mostly ApartMichael Apple, Teaching and “Women's Work”PART IV. Student Behavior and Adolescent SubculturesJames Coleman, The Adolescent Culture Mary Metz, Classroom Interaction: Principled ConflictJohn Devine, Schools or “Schools”?: Competing Discourses on ViolencePART V. Education and Life-Course outcomesJames Q. Wilson and Richard J. Herrnstein, SchoolsJames E. Rosenbaum and Amy Binder, Do Employers Really Need More Educated Youths?Robert Reich, The Education of the Symbolic AnalystRichard Arum and Michael Hout, The Early Returns: The Transition from School to Work in the United StatesPART VI. The Organizational EnvironmentThe Cultural and Institutional EnvironmentJoseph Tobin, David Wu, and Dana Davidson, A Comparative PerspectiveJohn W. Meyer, W. Richard Scott, David Strang, and Andrew L. Creighton, Bureaucratization without Centralization: Changes in the Organizational System of U.S. Public Education, 1940–1980Stephen Brint and Jerome Karabel, Community Colleges and the American Social OrderJohn Chubb and Terry Moe, An Institutional Perspective on SchoolsThe Politics of School ReformPeter Cookson, Reformers and Revolutionaries: The Drama of DeregulationDavid Berliner and Bruce Biddle, Why Now?