The structure of schooling : readings in the sociology of education / Richard Arum, Irenee R. Beattie

By: Arum, Richard [author]
Contributor(s): Beattie, Irenee R. [author]
Language: English Publisher: Mountain View, California : Mayfield Publishing, 2000Description: x, 516 pages : 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 076741070X; 9780767410700Subject(s): Educational sociology | Education -- Social aspects --DDC classification: 370.19
Contents:
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 40. College Life Through the Eyes of Students - Mary Grigsby Part IV Discussion Questions V. The Organizational Environment A. The Cultural and Institutional Environment 41. Do Employers Really Need More Educated Youth? - James E. Rosenbaum and Amy Binder 42. The Effects of Education as an Institution - John W. Meyer 43. Community Colleges and the American Social Order - Stephen Brint and Jerome Karabel 44. An Institutional Perspective on Schools - John Chubb and Terry Moe 45. Judging School Discipline: A Crisis of Moral Authority - Richard Arum 46. Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites - Mitchell Stevens B. Education Policy and School Reform 47. English-Only Triumphs, But the Costs Are High - Alejandro Portes 48. Charter Schools and the Public Good - Linda A. Renzulli and Vincent J. Roscigno 49. Contentious Curricula: Afrocentrism and Creationism in American Public Schools - Amy Binder 50. Education Research That Matters: Influence, Scientific Rigor, and Policy Making - Pamela Barnhouse Walters and Annette Lareau Part V Discussion Questions
Summary: 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.
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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
40. College Life Through the Eyes of Students - Mary Grigsby
Part IV Discussion Questions
V. The Organizational Environment
A. The Cultural and Institutional Environment
41. Do Employers Really Need More Educated Youth? - James E. Rosenbaum and Amy Binder
42. The Effects of Education as an Institution - John W. Meyer
43. Community Colleges and the American Social Order - Stephen Brint and Jerome Karabel
44. An Institutional Perspective on Schools - John Chubb and Terry Moe
45. Judging School Discipline: A Crisis of Moral Authority - Richard Arum
46. Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites - Mitchell Stevens
B. Education Policy and School Reform
47. English-Only Triumphs, But the Costs Are High - Alejandro Portes
48. Charter Schools and the Public Good - Linda A. Renzulli and Vincent J. Roscigno
49. Contentious Curricula: Afrocentrism and Creationism in American Public Schools - Amy Binder
50. Education Research That Matters: Influence, Scientific Rigor, and Policy Making - Pamela Barnhouse Walters and Annette Lareau
Part V Discussion Questions

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.

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