The sociology of education : a systematic analysis / Jeanne H. Ballantine, Floyd M. Hammack.
Publication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009.Edition: 6th editionDescription: xv, 496 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780131958944 (alk. paper)
- 0131958941 (alk. paper)
- 306.43 22 BAL
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Contents;
CHAPTER 1: Sociology of Education: A Unique Perspective on Schools
The Field of Sociology of Education 2
Theoretical Approaches and the Development of Sociology of Education 6
The Open Systems Approach 16
Research Methods in Sociology of Education 21
Sociology of Education in the Twenty-First Century 22
Organization of the Book 23
CHAPTER 2: Conflicting Functions and Processes in Education:
What Makes the System Work
The Function of Cultural Transmission and Process of Passing On Culture 36
The Function of Social Control and Personal Development 47
The Function of Selection and Allocation: The Sorting Process 51
CHAPTER 3: Education and the Process of Stratification 60
The Crisis in Schooling 60
The Process of Stratification: Is Inequality Inevitable? 63
Stratification and Equality of Educational Opportunity 72
CHAPTER 4: Race, Class, and Gender: Attempts to Achieve Equality of Educational Opportunity 89
Gender and Equality of Educational Opportunity 90
Class, Race, and Attempts to Rectify Inequalities in Educational Opportunity Integration Attempts 111
Educational Experience of Selected Minorities in the United States 116
Improving Schools for Minority Students 126
CHAPTER 5: The School as an Organization 131
Social System of the School 132
Goals of the School System 134
School Functions: The Purposes of the School 137
The School as an Organization 139
Centralized versus Decentralized Decision Making: The Fight over Control of Schools 149
CHAPTER 6: Formal School Statuses and Roles: ¿The Way It Spozed to Be¿ 157
The Meaning of Roles 157
Roles in Schools 160
CHAPTER 7: Students: The Core of the School 186
Student Characteristics 186
School Failures and Dropouts 192
Students and the Informal System 205
Students and Their Environments 213
CHAPTER 8: The Informal System and the : Hidden Curriculum:
What Really Happens in School? 223
The Open Systems Approach and the Informal System 224
The Educational ¿Climate¿ and School Effectiveness 227
CHAPTER 9: The Educational System and the Environment:
A Symbiotic Relationship 246
The School Systems Environments: Interdependence Between Institutions 250
CHAPTER 10: The System of Higher Education 267
History and Development of Higher Education 268
Theoretical Approaches to Higher Education 272
Characteristics of Higher Education in the United States 278
Functions of the Higher Education System 280
Higher Education as an Organization 286
Roles in Higher Education 290
Environmental Pressures on Higher Education 305
Outcomes of Higher Education 312
CHAPTER 11: Educational Systems Around the World: A Comparative View 319
The Field of Comparative Education
Theoretical Perspectives in Comparative Education 330
Global Institutional Interdependence 339
CHAPTER 12: Educational Systems Around the World: Case Studies 353
Education in Britain 354
Education in the People’s Republic of China 360
Formal Education in Colonial Africa 365
CHAPTER 13: Educational Movements and Reform 373
The Nature of Educational Movements 375
Early Educational Movements 377
Alternative Education and Related Movements 381
Structural and Curricular Changes in the Schools 389
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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