The Structure of Schooling

Readings in the Sociology of Education
Second Edition
ISBN: 978-1-4129-8039-5
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, 640 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 229 mm

A comprehensive, accessible reader that examines critical topics on schools and education This Second Edition of The Structure of Schooling: Readings in the Sociology of Education draws from classic and contemporary scholarship to examine current issues and diverse theoretical approaches to studying the effects of schooling on individuals and society. This engaging reader exposes students to examples of sociological research on schools with a focus on the school as community. It covers a wide range of issues, including the development and application of social and cultural capital; the effects of racial segregation and resource inequality on student outcomes; the effects of tracking; the role of gender, class, and race in structuring educational opportunity; the effects of schooling on life course outcomes; the significance of a school's institutional environment; and the sociology of school reform movements.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arum, Richard

Beattie, Irenee R.

Ford, Karly

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Theoretical and Historical Perspectives
A. Status Attainment and Social Mobility
1. The "Rationalization" of Education and Training - Max Weber
2. Social and Cultural Mobility - Pitirim Sorokin
3. Sponsored and Contest Mobility and the School System - Ralph H. Turner
4. Status Attainment Processes - Archibald O. Haller and Alejandro Portes
B. Human Capital, Cultural Capital and Social Capital
5. Human Capital - Gary S. Becker
6. Cultural Capital: Allusions, Gaps, and Glissandos in Recent Theoretical Developments - Michele Lamont and Annette Lareau
7. Schools, Families and Communities - James Coleman and Thomas Hoffer
C. Changing Theories of Education Systems
8. The First Element of Morality: The Spirit of Discipline - Emile Durkheim
9. The School and the Community - Willard Waller
10. Functional and Conflict Theories of Educational Stratification - Randall Collins
11. Beyond the Educational Frontier: The Great American Dream Freeze - Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis
Part I Discussion Questions
II. Stratification Within and Between Schools
A. School Cultures
12. The Chosen Ones - Peter Cookson and Caroline Hodges Persell
13. Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for School Reform - Anthony S. Bryk and Barbara Schneider
B. Racial Segregation and Resource Inequality
14. Equality of Educational Opportunity: The Coleman Report - James Coleman, Ernest Campbell, Carol Hobson, James McPartland, Alexander Mood, Frederic Weinfeld, and Robert York
15. The Effects of High Schools on Their Students - Christopher S. Jencks and Marsha D. Brown
16. Brown at 50: King's Dream or Plessy's Nightmare? - Gary Orfield and Chungmei Lee
17. The Nature of Schooling - Doris R. Entwisle, Karl L. Alexander, and Linda Olson
C. Tracking
18. Tracking: From Theory to Practice - Maureen Hallinan
19. Is Ability Grouping Equitable? - Adam Gamoran
20. The Distribution of Knowledge - Jeannie Oakes
Part II Discussion Questions
III. Class, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality
A. Class
21. Persisting Barriers: Changes in Educational Opportunitites in Thirteen Countries - Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Yossi Shavit
22. Elements of a Culture - Paul Willis
23. Invisible Inequality: Social Class and Childrearing in Black Families and White Families - Annette Lareau
24. Exceptions to the Rule: Upwardly Mobile White and Mexican American High School Girls - Julie Bettie
B. Race & Ethnicity
25. Black Students' School Success: Coping With the "Burden of 'Acting White'" - Signithia Fordham and John U. Ogbu
26. It's Not "a Black Thing": Understanding the Burden of Acting White and Other Dilemmas of High Achievement - Karolyn Tyson, William Darity, Jr., and Domini R. Castellino
27. Straddling Boundaries: Identity, Culture, and School - Prudence L. Carter
28. America's Next Achievement Test: Closing the Black-White Test Score Gap - Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips
29. Race in the Schoolyard: Negotiating the Color Line in Classrooms and Communities - Amanda Lewis
30. Shades of White: White Kids and Racial Identity in High Schools - Pamela Perry
31. The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and Its Variants - Alejandro Portes and Min Zhou
C. Gender & Sexuality
32. Boys and Girls Together. But Mostly Apart - Barrie Thorne
33. Teaching and "Women’s Work": A Comparative and Historical Analysis - Michael Apple
34. Rewriting Race and Gender High School Lessons: Second-Generation Dominicans in New York City - Nancy Lopez
35. "Dude, You’re a Fag": Adolescent Masculinity and the Fag Discourse - C.J. Pascoe
Part III Discussion Questions
IV. Student Behavior and Adolescent Subcultures
36. The Adolescent Culture - James Coleman
37. Resistance as a Social Drama: A Study of Change-Oriented Encounters - Daniel A. McFarland
38. Testing the Theory: Rampage - The Social Roots of School Shootings - Katherine Newman
39. Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus - Kathleen Bogle

Über Autor(innen)

Arum, Richard
Richard Arum has recently served as Professor of Sociology and Education at New York University; Program Director of Education Research at the Social Science Research Council; and Senior Fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His past work with various co-authors includes Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates (University of Chicago Press, 2014); Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses (University of Chicago Press, 2011); Judging School Discipline: The Crisis of Moral Authority (Harvard University Press, 2003); Stratification in Higher Education: A Comparative Study (Stanford University Press, 2007); and Improving Learning Environments: School Discipline and Student Achievement in Comparative Perspective (Stanford University Press, 2012).

Beattie, Irenee R.
Irenee Beattie is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of California, Merced. Her research examines racial/ethnic, gender, and class inequalities in adolescent transitions to adulthood as well as how families, high schools, and colleges can foster beneficial social capital among underrepresented college student populations. Her research has been funded by the American Educational Research Association and the Hellman Faculty Fellows Fund. She has published in various outlets such as Sociology of Education, Youth & Society, and Harvard University Press.

Ford, Karly
Karly Ford is an Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania State University. Her research focuses on the relationship between education and social stratification. She received a Masters of Education in International Education Policy from Harvard University in 2007 and a Ph.D. in Sociology of Education from New York University in 2014. Ford's research interests are Higher Education, Sociology of Education, International Comparative Education, Institutional Variation, and Educational Assessment.