The sociology of education (7th ed ) (7th Ed.)
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Comprehensive, contemporary, and cross-cultural in perspective, this text provides a sociological approach to education. The authors examine several theoretical approaches and their practical application, to current educational issues, to the structure and processes that make education systems work.

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The Sociology of Education

Seventh Edition

Chapter1

Sociology of Education: A Unique Perspective for Understanding Schools

Sociology and Education

U.S. Schools in the Early Twenty-First Century: Applying Sociological Findings

Theoretical Approaches in the Sociology of Education

The Open Systems Approach

Research Methods in Sociology of Education

Organization of the Book

Chapter 2

Conflicting Functions and Processes in Education: What Makes the System Work?

Conflicting Functions of Education

The Importance of Processes in Educational Systems

The Function of Socialization: What We Learn and How We Learn It

The Function of Cultural Transmission and Process of Passing On Culture

The Function of Social Control and Personal Development

The Function of Selection and Allocation: The Sorting Process

The Function of Change and Innovation: Looking to the Future

Chapter 3

Education and the Process of Stratification

The Crisis in Schooling

The Process of Stratification: Is Inequality Inevitable?

Stratification and Equality of Educational Opportunity

Chapter 4

Gender, Race, and Class: Attempts to Achieve Equality of Educational Opportunity

Gender and Equality of Educational Opportunity

Class, Race, and Attempts to Rectify Inequalities in Educational Opportunity

Integration Attempts

Educational Experience of Selected Minorities in the United States

Improving Schools for Minority Students

Chapter 5

The School as an Organization

The Social System of the School

Goals of the School System

The School as an Organization

Centralized versus Decentralized Decision Making: The Fight over Control of Schools

Chapter 6

Formal School Statuses and Roles: 'The Way It Spozed to Be'

The Meaning of Roles

Professionals in the Educational System

Roles in Schools

Chapter 7

Students: The Core of the School

Student Characteristics

School Failures and Dropouts

Students and the Informal System

Students and Their Environments

Chapter 8

The Informal System and the 'Hidden Curriculum': What Really Happens in School?

The Open Systems Approach and the Informal...

Jeanne Ballantine is university professor of sociology at Wright State University. She received her masters degree from Columbia University and her PhD from Indiana University. Jeanne has taught in a number of venues including Japan, Brazil, Spain, Italy Rwanda (as a Fulbright scholar), Semester at Sea and Wittenberg University in Ohio. Her primary areas of scholarship are sociology of education, applied sociology, global studies, and global women’s issues. Jeanne has held a number of positions in the professional organizations including International Sociological Association, American Sociological Association, North Central Sociological Association, and Society for Applied Sociology. She has authored 5 books and many articles, and done workshops, especially on faculty development and teaching and learning, in the U.S. and other countries. She is a member of the ASA Departmental Resources Group and does evaluation visits at colleges and universities. Among her many awards is the ASA Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award.