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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.
Contents
I. Theoretical and Historical PerspectivesA. Status Attainment and Social MobilityReading 1: The "Rationalization" of Education and Training by Max WeberReading 2: Social and Cultural Mobility by Pitirim SorokinReading 3: Sponsored and Contest Mobility and the School System by Ralph H. TurnerReading 4: Status Attainment Processes by Archibald O. Haller and Alejandro PortesB. Human Capital, Cultural Capital, and Social CapitalReading 5: Human Capital by Gary S. BeckerReading 6: Cultural Capital: Allusions, Gaps, and Glissandos in Recent Theoretical Developments by Michele Lamont and Annette LareauReading 7: Schools, Families, and Communities by James Coleman and Thomas HofferC. Changing Theories of Education SystemsReading 8: The First Element of Morality: The Spirit of Discipline by Emile DurkheimReading 9: The School and the Community by Willard WallerReading 10: Functional and Conflict Theories of Educational Stratification by Randall CollinsReading 11: The Long Shadow of Work by Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis and MeyersII. Stratification Within and Between SchoolsA. Resource Inequality and Racial SegregationReading 12: Privilege by Shamus Khan Reading 13: Equality of Educational Opportunity: The Coleman Report by James Coleman, Ernest Campbell, Carol Hobson, James McPartland, Alexander Mood, Frederic Weinfeld, and Robert YorkReading 14: The Effects of High Schools on Their Students by Christopher S. Jencks and Marsha D. BrownReading 15: E Pluribus...Separation by Gary Orfield, John Kucsera and Genevieve Siegel-HawleyReading 16: The Nature of Schooling by Doris R. Entwisle, Karl L. Alexander, and Linda OlsonReading 17:Desegregation Without Integration: Tracking, Black Students, and Acting White After Brown by Karolyn Tyson Reading 18: The Distribution of Knowledge by Jeannie OakesIII. Class, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and SexualityA. ClassReading 19: Persisting Barriers: Changes in Educational Opportunities in Thirteen Countries by Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Yossi ShavitReading 20: The Widening Income Achievement Gap by Sean ReardonReading 21: More Inclusion Than Diversion: Expansion, Differentiation, and Market Structure in Higher Education by Richard Arum, Adam Gamoran and Yossi ShavitReading 22: Learning to Labor by Paul WillisReading 23: Invisible Inequality: Social Class and Childrearing in Black Families and White Families by Annette LareauReading 24: Exceptions to the Rule: Upwardly Mobile White and Mexican American High School Girls by Julie BettieB. Race and EthnicityReading 25: Black Students' School Success: Coping With the "Burden of 'Acting White'" by Signithia Fordham and John U. OgbuReading 26: It's Not "a Black Thing": Understanding the Burden of Acting White and Other Dilemmas of High Achievement by Karolyn Tyson, Domini R. Castellino, and William Darity, Jr.Reading 27: Straddling Boundaries: Identity, Culture, and School by Prudence L. CarterReading 28: The Young and the Digital or Digital Divide: Navigating the Digital Edge by Craig WatkinsReading 29: Race in the Schoolyard: Negotiating the Color Line in Classrooms and Communities by Amanda LewisReading 30: Shades of White: White Kids and Racial Identity in High Schools by Pamela PerryReading 31: The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and Its Variants by Alejandro Portes and Min ZhouC. Gender and SexualityReading 32: Boys and Girls Together...But Mostly Apart by Barrie ThorneReading 33: Teaching and "Women's Work": A Comparative and Historical Analysis by Michael AppleReading 34: Rewriting Race and Gender High School Lessons: Second-Generation Dominicans in New York City by Nancy LopezReading 35: Gender, Race, and Justifications for Group Exclusion: Urban Black Students Bussed to Affluent Suburban Schools" by Ispa-LandaReading 36: Notes on a Sociology of Bullying: Young Men's Homophobia as Gender Socialization by C. J. PascoeReading 37: Bullying and Masculinity by Kimmel and MahlerIV. Student Behavior and Adolescent SubculturesReading 38: The Adolescent Culture by James ColemanReading 39: Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Findings from the Digital Youth Project by Mimi ItoReading 40: Resistance as a Social Drama: A Study of Change-Oriented Encounters by Daniel A. McFarlandReading 41: The (Mis)Education of Karen and Monica by Armstrong and HamiltonReading 42: College Life Through the Eyes of Students by Mary GrigsbyV. The Organizational EnvironmentA. The Cultural and Institutional EnvironmentReading 43: Do Employers Really Need More Educated Youth? by James E. Rosenbaum and Amy BinderReading 44: The Effects of Education as an Institution by John W. MeyerReading 45: Community Colleges and the American Social Order by Stephen Brint and Jerome KarabelReading 46: Judging School Discipline: A Crisis of Moral Authority by Richard ArumReading 47: Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites by Mitchell StevensReading 48: Learning to Be Illegal: Undocumented Youth and Shifting Legal Contexts by Alberto GonzalesB. Education Policy and School ReformReading 49: English-Only Triumphs, But the Costs Are High by Alejandro PortesReading 50: School Choice or School's choice? by Jennifer JenningsReading 51: Becoming Right by Amy BinderReading 52: The State of Undergraduate Learning by Richard Arum and Josipa RoksaReading 53: Education Research That Matters: Influence, Scientific Rigor, and Policy Making by Pamela Barnhouse Walters and Annette Lareau
