Putting Sociology to Work; Chapter 4 Gender, Race, and Class: Attempts to Achieve Equality of Educational Opportunity; Gender and Equality of Educational Opportunity; Class, Race, and Attempts to Rectify Inequalities in Educational ...
This is essential reading for students on undergraduate Education Studies degrees, and for sociology courses covering educational issues.
This handbook unifies access and opportunity, two key concepts of sociology of education, throughout its 25 chapters.
Chapters cover topics such as: Morality, education and social order Spaces of invisibility and marginalisation in schools The global political economy of education Rethinking the ‘international perspective’ in Education Studies This ...
LITWAK, E., and MEYER, H. J., (1968), 'The School and the Family: Linking Organizations and External Primary Groups', in The Uses of ... PETERS , T , R. S., (1967), 'The Status of Social Principles and Objectives in a Changing Society', ...
He contends that an investment in human capital—expanding individual knowledge and skills—leads to economic growth for ... In this way, schools aid in reproducing the social order, by rewarding students who enter with cultural ...
The contributors to this volume examine events currently influencing education including: globalization, expansion of educational access, the changing significance of religion, new family structures, and curriculum reform.
“Outstanding . . . it presents a comprehensive state of the field, and it explores the role of sociological research in guiding higher education practice.” —Choice In this volume, Patricia Gumport and other leading scholars examine ...
By including material from literary, philosophical, and anthropological sources, and by selecting readings which consider educational practice both within and beyond formal educational contexts, this book broadens the character of ...
This comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined beginnings to its current influence on contemporary sociological debate.