The Sociology of Education: A Systematic Analysis

ISBN-10: 0138208603
ISBN-13: 9780138208608
Series: The Sociology of Education
Pages: 398
Language: English
Published: 1983
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Author: Jeanne H. Ballantine

Description

Comprehensive, contemporary, and cross-cultural in perspective, this book provides a sociological approach to education-- from several theoretical approaches and their practical application, to current educational issues, to the structure and processes that make education systems work. Using an open systems model as a framework, it shows the formal organization of schools with structure, goals and processes; the informal organization with hidden curriculum, organization climate, etc.; the external environment that influences what goes on in the school, including financing, parent(s), community interest groups, etc.; processes such as stratification and change; higher education. Diagrams show interrelationships between topics. For educators and anyone interested in the sociology of education and schools.