Sociology of Education: A Critical Reader

Synopsis

Examines The Most Pressing Topics In Sociology And Education While Exposing Students To Examples Of Sociological Research In Schools. Theory And Research In The Sociology Of Education / Alan R. Sadovnik -- On Education And Society / Emile Durkheim -- Functional And Conflict Theories Of Educational Stratification / Randall Collins -- Broken Promises: School Reform In Retrospect / Samuel Bowles And Herbert Gintis -- On Understanding The Processes Of Schooling: The Contributions Of Labeling Theory / Ray C. Rist -- The Forms Of Capital / Pierre Bourdieu -- Social Capital In The Creation Of Human Capital / James S. Coleman -- Class And Pedagogies: Visible And Invisible / Basil Bernstein -- The Effects Of Education As An Institution / John W. Meyer -- The Organizational Context Of Teaching And Learning: Changing Theoretical Perspectives / Adam Gamoran, Walter G. Secada, And Cora B. Marrett -- Is There Really A Teacher Shortage? / Richard Ingersoll -- Tracking: From Theory To Practice / Maureen T. Hallinan -- More Than Misapplied Technology: A Normative And Political Response To Hallinan On Tracking / Jeannie Oakes -- College-for-all: Do Students Understand What College Demands? / James E. Rosenbaum -- New Evidence On College Remediation / Paul Attewell, David Lavin, Thurston Domina, And Tania Levey -- Whose Markets, Whose Knowledge? / Michael W. Apple -- Invisible Inequality: Social Class And Childrearing In Black Families And White Families / Annette Lareau -- Black Cultural Capital, Status Positioning, And Schooling Conflicts For Low-income African American Youth / Prudence L. Carter -- Behind The Model-minority Stereotype: Voices Of High- And Low-achieving Asian American Students / Stacey J. Lee -- Seeking Equity In The Education Of California's English Learners / Russell W. Rumberger And Patricia Gandara -- The Trouble With Black Boys: The Role And Influence Of Environmental And Cultural Factors On The Academic Performance Of African American Males / Pedro A. Noguera -- Sociological Understandings Of Contemporary Gender Transformations In Schooling In The Uk / Madeleine Arnot -- Eliminating Ableism In Education / Thomas Hehir -- 60 Years After Brown: Trends And Consequences Of School Segregation / Sean F. Reardon And Ann Owens -- The Radical Restructuring Of The State And The Dissolution Of The American Economy / Michael Fabricant And Michelle Fine -- Promise And Peril: Charter Schools, Urban School Reform, And The Obama Administration / Charles Payne And Tim Knowles -- Effects Of Inequality And Poverty Vs. Teachers And Schooling On America's Youth / David C. Berliner. Edited By Alan R. Sadovnik And Ryan W. Coughlan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.