The Way Schools Work A Sociological Analysis of Education,9780801319563

The Way Schools Work A Sociological Analysis of Education

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780801319563
ISBN10: 0801319560
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-09-22
Publisher(s): Pearson
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Summary

This text continues to offer cutting-edge analysis of contemporary schooling in America from a critical perspective. Provides up-to-the-minute critical analysis of the way schools really work that takes into account both historical influences and current critical theory. Includes extensive coverage of race, class, and gender and their roles in relation to power dynamics in today's classrooms. Wide ranging content draws on social theory as well as the sociology of organizations, of work and the professions, and of knowledge. Includes new short case studies of students experiences, and chapter questions and illustrative boxes containing accounts from students, teachers and administrators.

Table of Contents

PREFACE ix
1 THEORY AND ITS INFLUENCES ON THE PURPOSES OF SCHOOLING
1(42)
INTRODUCTION
2(1)
WHAT IS THEORY?
3(2)
SOCIAL TRANSMISSION THEORIES
5(15)
INTERPRETIVE THEORIES
20(6)
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION THEORIES
26(16)
SUMMARY
42(1)
2 THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOLING
43(52)
INTRODUCTION
44(1)
THE INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS
45(5)
THE GEOGRAPHY OF CONTROL
50(2)
PATTERNS OF CONTROL AND FINANCE: THE LOCAL LEVEL
52(9)
PATTERNS OF CONTROL AND FINANCE: THE GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL
61(3)
PATTERNS OF CONTROL AND FINANCE: THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL
64(1)
THE SCHOOL AS A BUREAUCRACY
65(4)
HOW SCHOOLS BECAME BUREAUCRACIES
69(5)
THE SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOLS
74(5)
RESISTANCE TO CENTRALIZED CONTROL: RESTRUCTURING AND REFORM
79(7)
CHANGING SCHOOL ORGANIZATION AND FINANCE
86(8)
SUMMARY
94(1)
3 YOUTH CULTURE AND THE STUDENT PEER GROUP
95(49)
INTRODUCTION
96(1)
WHAT IS YOUTH CULTURE?
97(11)
YOUTH CULTURE AND MODERN LIFE
108(14)
THE POSTPONED GENERATION
122(5)
THE LESSONS OF SCHOOLING
127(8)
SURVIVING SCHOOL
135(8)
SUMMARY
143(1)
4 THE LABOR FORCE IN EDUCATION: TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND ANCILLARY STAFF
144(51)
INTRODUCTION
145(2)
ISSUES OF STATUS AND POWER: PROFESSIONAL ESTEEM AND PUBLIC DISREGARD
147(2)
CONTRADICTIONS IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROFESSION
149(5)
WHO BECOMES A TEACHER?
154(11)
WHAT TEACHERS DO: CONTRADICTIONS IN THE NATURE OF TEACHERS' WORK
165(8)
THE REWARD STRUCTURE OF TEACHING
173(5)
DE-SKILLING, ROUTINIZATION, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF BUREAUCRATIC CONTROL
178(3)
THE CHALLENGE OF TEACHING IN URBAN DISTRICTS
181(1)
ADMINISTRATORS AND ANCILLARY STAFF
182(3)
THE NATURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE WORK IN SCHOOLS
185(8)
SUMMARY
193(2)
5 SOCIAL CLASS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO EDUCATION
195(27)
INTRODUCTION
196(1)
WHAT IS SOCIAL CLASS?
196(7)
THEORETICAL BEGINNINGS: MARX, WEBER, AND BOURDIEU
203(6)
SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY
209(6)
THE MECHANISM OF CLASS BIAS IN EDUCATION
215(5)
SUMMARY
220(2)
6 WHAT IS TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS: CURRICULUM AND THE STRATIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE
222(34)
INTRODUCTION
223(1)
WHAT IS CURRICULUM?
223(4)
WHAT IS TAUGHT: THE FORMAL CURRICULUM
227(9)
STRATIFICATION OF THE CURRICULUM
236(6)
WHAT IS TAUGHT: THE HIDDEN CURRICULUM
242(6)
ALTERNATIVE CURRICULA AND TRANSFORMATIVE PEDAGOGIES
248(7)
SUMMARY
255(1)
7 ETHNIC MINORITIES: EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
256(32)
INTRODUCTION
257(9)
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
266(10)
RESEARCH ON SCHOOLING FOR MINORITY STUDENTS
276(9)
CONFLICTING PURPOSES OF SCHOOLING FOR MINORITY STUDENTS: CULTURAL ASSIMILATION OR CULTURAL PLURALISM?
285(1)
SUMMARY
286(2)
8 GENDER EQUITY IN SCHOOLING
288(39)
INTRODUCTION
289(3)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER ROLES
292(3)
EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
295(5)
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE FORMAL CURRICULUM
300(5)
GENDER-BASED DIFFERENTIAL OUTCOMES IN SCHOOLING
305(8)
GENDER IN THE IMPLICIT CURRICULUM
313(12)
SUMMARY
325(2)
APPENDIX 327(6)
GLOSSARY 333(8)
REFERENCES 341(30)
INDEX 371

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