Books On Sociology Of Education
Sociologyindex, Sociology Books 2009
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.
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. 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.
Social
Analysis of Education: After the New Sociology (Critical Social Thought) Book
by Philip Wexler
Hopeful
Girls, Troubled Boys: Race and Gender Disparity in Urban Education
Book by Nancy Lopez
Ethnographic study on a topic of increasing interest to people in the field of education
and anyone concerned about the future of young people.
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. Comprehensive approach, summarizing transformations
that have occurred in educational policy, and addressing the consequences for institutions
as well as for teachers, parents and learners. Explores the complex and changing
relationships between the state and the processes and practices of education. The
importance of educational experiences for the (re)production of collective and individual
biographies. 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.
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
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.
From
Here to Diversity: The Social Impact of Lesbian and Gay Issues in Education in Australia
and New Zealand
Book by Kerry H., Ph.D. Robinson (Editor), Jude Irwin (Editor),
Tania Ferfolja (Editor)
Divide
and School: Gender and Class Dynamics in Comprehensive Education
Book by John Abraham
The
Invisible Tapestry : Culture in American Colleges and Universities (J-B ASHE
Higher Education Report Series (AEHE))
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.
Changing
Education: A Sociology of Education Since 1944
Book by Janet McKenzie
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.
The sociology of education is a rapidly expanding area within sociology and in educational
studies generally. 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.
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. 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.
Articles include updated and revised material from the International Encyclopedia of
Education, 2nd Edition.
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.
Higher
Education and Social Class: Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion
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
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." - 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.
The second section focuses on recent innovations in theoretical debates in gender and
education.
Researching
Education Policy: Ethical and Methodological Issues (Social Research and Educational
Studies Series)
Book by David Halpin, Barry Troyna (Editor)
Illiberal
Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus
Book by Dinesh D'Souza
From Publishers Weekly
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.
Tough
Fronts: The Impact of Street Culture on Schooling (Critical Social Thought)
Book by Lory Janelle Dance, L. Janelle Dance
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.
A
Sociology of Education Since 1944
Social
Analysis of Education
Race
and Gender Disparity in Urban Education
Sociology
of Education Today
International
Encyclopedia of Sociology of Education
Sociology
of Sport and Physical Education
Education
and Social Change
Power
and Ideology in Education
Schools
and Societies
Durkheim
and Modern Education
A
Guide for First-Time Researchers in Education
Higher
Education and Social Class
Contemporary
Perspectives in Education
The
Social Impact of Lesbian and Gay Issues in Education
Divide
and School Gender and Class Dynamics
Researching
Education Policy
Illiberal
Education
The
Impact of Street Culture on Schooling
Culture
in American Colleges and Universities
Education
and Sociology Encyclopedia
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