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This comprehensive reader examines the most pressing topics in sociology and education and exposes students to examples of sociological research on schools. Drawing from classic and contemporary scholarship, noted sociologist Alan Sadovnik has chosen readings that examine current issues and reflect diverse theoretical approaches to studying the effects of schooling and society. This reader provides students with examples of both the best theory and research in the field. Through full, rather than excerpted primary source readings, the text presents the powerful insights of sociology in providing an understanding of the effects of schooling in contemporary society.
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Sadovnik (education, sociology, and public affairs, Rutgers U.) provides a reader of classic and contemporary writings on sociology and education, meant for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the sociology of education and related courses. Twenty-six readings were selected, covering theory and methods; teaching, learning, and curriculum; higher education, access, and opportunity; inequality, along with the effect of education on different ethnic groups and single-sex schooling; and reform in the US and the limits and possibilities of specific policies. International education is addressed in one section, comparing educational systems throughout the world, how they reflect national character and culture, and how schooling as an institution is an international phenomenon. Articles rely on empirical methods to understand how schools are related to society, how individuals and groups interact with them, and their impact. They are by sociologists or researchers related to the field, including Émile Durkheim and Pierre Bourdieu. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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