Books On Sociology Of Education

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Social Analysis of Education: After the New Sociology (Critical Social Thought) Book by Philip Wexler

Education and Sociology : An Encyclopedia (Education and Society)
Book by David L. Levinson (Editor), Peter W. Cookson (Editor), Alan R. Sadovnik (Editor)
From Library Journal
With topics ranging from adolescence and schools to educational assessment, working parents, and race and gender inequality, this stimulating, well-developed compilation of essays covering the common ground between education and sociology is sure to satisfy both educators and researchers. Over 90 contributors offer a variety of perspectives, highlighting key topics like affirmative education, Catholic schools, the economics of education, globalization, home schooling, and teacher burnout. Editors Levinson (Bergen Community Coll.), Peter W. Cookson Jr. (Teachers Coll., Columbia Univ.), and Alan R. Sadovnik (Rutgers Univ.) have created a book that goes beyond simplistic definitions, effectively articulating historical perspective, current research, pedagogic discourse, and directions for further discussion and research. The alphabetical listing of topics will help beginners as well as ardent researchers concentrate on areas of interest, while the detailed index helps in locating subject overlaps and areas of comparison. A unique compilation that is international in scope; recommended for academic libraries, schools of education and sociology, and public libraries seeking to offer a broad overview of current topics in these disciplines. Leroy Hommerding, Fort Myers Beach Lib. Dist., FL
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Pooling together writings from the leading academic authorities in education today, this single-volume reference provides readers and researchers with provocative, new topics and issues in the sociology of education. Entries cover both national and international perspectives and studies, as well as tackling controversial points in education today, from gender inequality to globalization, minorities to meritocracy. This unique encyclopedia is an incomparable title for today's educational researchers and will prove to be insightful with the continuing studies in sociology of education and sociology and education.

Hopeful Girls, Troubled Boys: Race and Gender Disparity in Urban Education (December, 2002)
Book by Nancy Lopez
By 2007, it is estimated that 9.2 million girls of color will be enrolled in college compared to 6.9 million boys of color. Why the discrepancy? Lopez takes us to the schools, homes and workplaces of Caribbean youth to point out the different expectations that guide behavior. Now the largest immigrant group in New York City, Lopez focuses in particular on these Caribbean teens to explain how and why our schools and cities are failing boys of color. This is a fascinating ethnographic study on a topic of increasing interest to people in the field of education and anyone concerned about the future of young people.
Nancy Lopez is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico

The Sociology of Sport and Physical Education: An Introductory Reader
Book by Anthony Laker (Editor)
Sport and Physical Education in a social, cultural and educational context.

Education and Social Change (Sociology and Social Change)
Book by Amanda Coffey
Education and Social Change undertakes a systematic sociological analysis of contemporary educational policy and practice. In doing so it charts the substantial and significant changes that education systems have undergone over recent decades, and places them within a broader context of social change. Thematically structured, thociology of education to provide a coherent and logical text. It takes a comprehensive approach, summarizing transformations that have occurred in educational policy, and addressing the consequences for institutions as well as for teachers, parents and learners. The author explores the complex and changing relationships between the state and the processes and practices of education. She also stresses the importance of educational experiences for the (re)production of collective and individual biographies. The result is an invaluable text for sociology and social policy students as well as for education professionals engaged in training or further study.

Power and Ideology in Education
Book by Jerome Karabel, A. H. Halsey (Editor)
The thirty-seven articles of this volume provide an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of educational institutions in modern society. Written by historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and economists, they create a synthesis of the variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches now competing for attention in educational research.

Schools and Societies (Sociology for a New Century Series)
Book by Steven Brint
For use as the core text for Sociology of Education courses offered in Sociology Departments and Social Foundations of Education courses offered in Schools of Education. ""Schools and Societies is a gem of volume that combines in one comprehensive text superb theoretical acuity and scholarly judgment, a keen sense of the connection of research to policy, and a breadth of coverage that reflects the multidimensionality of education as an institution in a manner rare in social-scientific treatments of education. It deserves to be the leading survey of this field for a long time to come." Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University
Steven Brint, (Ph.D. Harvard University), is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of In An Age of Experts: The Changing Role of Professionals in Politics and Public Life (Princeton University Press, 1994). He is also co-author with Jerome Karabel of The Diverted Dream: Community Colleges and the Promise of Educational Opportunity in America, 1900-1980 (Oxford University Press, 1989), which won the American Educational Research Association's "distinguished publication" award in 1991.

Durkheim and Modern Education (Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education, 6)
Book by British Centre for Durkheimian Studies (Corporate Author), Geoffrey Walford (Editor), W. S. F. Pickering (Editor)
Although Durkheim's works on education were only published after his death, he had a lifelong interest in the subject. With contributions from leading scholars, this collection demonstrates the modern relevance of Durkheim's focus on the moral and social aspects of education.
In discussing Durkheim's modern relevance, this book explores his desire to integrate practical and theoretical aspects of education, and his stress on the moral base of education and the importance of the social and society.

The Invisible Tapestry : Culture in American Colleges and Universities (J-B ASHE Higher Education Report Series (AEHE)) (Paperback)
Book by George D. Kuh, Elizabeth J. Whitt
Identifies properties on institutional culture and the ways cultural perspectives have been used to describe college life. Examines intellectual foundations of culture, institutional subcultures and implications for practice.

Sociology of Education Today
Book by Jack Demaine (Editor)
This entirely new edition of Contemporary Theories in the Sociology of Education brings together important recent work by some of the most prominent educational sociologists. The book examines a wide range of empirical issues and differing theoretical perspectives, including social calss, race, and educational policy.
Jack Demaine is Senior Lecturer in Education at Loughborough University.

International Encyclopedia of Sociology of Education (Resources in Education Series)
Book by L.J. Saha
N.J. Bird, Teikyo Post University. This work is a thorough analysis of its subject and is certainly essential for graduate collections in sociology and education.
Review
...this work is a thorough analysis of its subject and is certainly essential for graduate collections in sociology and education. Choice N.J. Bird, Teikyo Post University
The sociology of education is a rapidly expanding area within sociology and in educational studies generally, and cuts across many other disciplines. The area is also often defined as the social contexts of education or the social foundations of education. The sociology of education has been the arena for significant developments in theory and methods and in many instances has led the other sociological, social sciences and educational fields.
This Encyclopedia provides a state-of-the-art resource in the sociology of education and related interest areas such as education and society, sociological theory, the study of the family, educational structures, educational processes and the social foundations of education. This is a specialist collection of considerable depth which documents the theoretical, methodological and substantive developments in the sociological study of education into the next century.
The International Encyclopedia of Sociology of Education is recommended reading for students, teachers and academics, researchers and policy makers within the field of sociology of education as well as scholars from outside the field. The Encyclopedia not only provides and informative introduction to the aspects of sociology that seriously influence education, but the content of the entries and the extensive bibliographies also make the Encyclopedia essential reading for scholars already well versed in these fields.
Articles include updated and revised material from the International Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd Edition (described by Choice as being "a premier resource when judged on virtually every criterion applied to reference work") together with newly commissioned material.

Doing Your Research Project: A Guide for First-Time Researchers in Education and Social Science
Book by Judith Bell
It is perfectly possible to carry out a worthwhile investigation without having detailed knowledge of the various approaches to or styles of educational research, but a study of different approaches will give insight into different ways of planning an investigation, and, incidentally, will also enhance your understanding of the literature.

Higher Education and Social Class: Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion (February, 2003)
Book by Alistair Ross, Merryn Hutchings, Carole Leathwood, Robert Gilchrist, David Phillips, Louise Archer
Is higher education unattractive for lower social classes and minority groups or are higher education institutions acting to exclude them? Built on research findings and data from a wide variety of empirical and attitudinal sources, this book raises timely issues about elitism, expansion, quality and access in higher education.

Investigating Gender: Contemporary Perspectives in Education
Book by Becky Francis, Christine Skelton
Review
"...excellent and timely, and the discussions of age, disability, people with learning difficulties etc in a genuinely sociological and feminist mode is very impressive.
This is a book which covers theories and problems in the area of gender and education in a thorough and excellent way." - John Shiels
"This is an excellent account of the dilemmas and opportunities facing contemporary theories of gender and education. The book brings together some of the most sophisticated researchers in the field to demonstrate the power, the mysteries and the complexities of the concept of identity. The case for a new approach to gender theory is convincing and exciting. Teachers, academics and policy makers need to recognise the value of such contemporary concerns."
- Madeleine Arnot, University of Cambridge.
Investigating Gender maps the contemporary and developing theoretical debates in the field of gender and education, and provides an overview of the diverse areas of research within gender and education.
Contributions have been commissioned from recognised experts in the field in order to provide a comprehensive reader on gender and education for undergraduate students. The book will also provide stimulating reading for postgraduate students and academics.
Recent changes, developments and challenges in the field are outlined in the first section of the book. It also catalogues the influence of research in this area on policy in the UK context. The second section focuses on recent innovations in theoretical debates in gender and education. Overviews of research developments in particular subject areas (such as sexuality, social class, masculinity etc) are provided in the third section, where contributors draw on their own research findings to illustrate the discussion.

Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus
Book by Dinesh D'Souza
From Publishers Weekly
Virtually all U.S. universities now fill a sizable portion of each year's freshman class with students from "certified minority groups"--mainly blacks and Hispanics--with considerably lower grade-point averages than white and Asian-American applicants who are refused admission, according to the author. A former White House policy analyst, D'Souza believes that preferential-treatment admissions policies weaken educational standards and foster separatism and racial tension on campus. In a hard-hitting, controversial report sure to be widely debated, he focuses on divisive issues at six schools: Stanford's multicultural curriculum; Berkeley's ethnic admissions policy; Lee Atwater's forced resignation as Howard University trustee; and recent developments at Michigan, Harvard and Duke. Now a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, D'Souza calls for "nonracial affirmative action policies" based strictly on socioeconomic disadvantage. He further argues that university-funded student groups should be built around cultural and intellectual interests, not skin color or sexual proclivity.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Library Journal
This book is sure to generate controversy. The author's thesis is that affirmative action policies in college admissions, and the higher education establishment's zealous pursuit of a curriculum that reflects the new orthodoxy of multiculturalism (which calls for increased minority admissions and privileges, more minority-based classes, more minorities on faculties) promote ignorance and racism. D'Souza, a former White House domestic policy analyst, supports his views with extensive interviews and studies conducted on six college campuses. The new victims, he feels, are the high academic achievers who are assumed to rejected for fear of overrepresentation (various Asian minorities). The debate has already begun over D'Souza's engaging and thought-provoking book. Articles featuring it appeared in Atlantic Monthly (February) and are forthcoming in Read er's Digest and Forbes in April. For most libraries.
- Arla Lindgren, St. John's Univ., Jamaica, N.Y.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Tough Fronts: The Impact of Street Culture on Schooling (Critical Social Thought)
Book by Lory Janelle Dance, L. Janelle Dance
The struggles related to urban classrooms have long been a source of frustration and disappointment for students and teachers alike. Drawing on more than 70 interviews, Dance gives students' own perspectives on the social incongruity between school culture and the non-mainstream culture of street-savvy students. The result is this revealing and informative text that illuminates the characteristics of effective schooling that students view as necessary for positive educational outcomes.
L. Janelle Dance is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. As part of the Education/Spencer Postdoctoral fellowship, she continued her research on urban education in Philadelphia.