The Sociology of Education: A Systematic Analysis

Abstract

Ballantine/Hammack 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 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 Importance of Processes in Educational Systems Function of Socialization: What We Learn and How We Learn It Function of Cultural Transmission and Process of Passing On Culture Function of Social Control and Personal Development Function of Selection and Allocation: Sorting Process Function of Change and Innovation: Looking to the Future Chapter 3 Education and the Process of Stratification Crisis in Schooling 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 School as an Organization Social System of the School Goals of the School System School as an Organization Centralized versus Decentralized Decision Making: Fight over Control of Schools Chapter 6 Formal School Statuses and Roles: The Way It Spozed to Be Meaning of Roles Professionals in the Educational System Roles in Schools Chapter 7 Students: Core of the School Student Characteristics School Failures and Dropouts Students and the Informal System Students and Their Environments Chapter 8 Informal System and the Hidden Curriculum: What Really Happens in School? Open Systems Approach and the Informal System Educational Climate and School Effectiveness Power Dynamics and Roles in the Informal System Chapter 9 Educational System and the Environment: A Symbiotic Relationship Environment and the Educational System School Systems' Environments: Interdependence Between Institutions Chapter 10 System of Higher Education History and Development of Higher Education Theoretical Approaches to Higher Education Characteristics of Higher Education in the United States Functions of the Higher Education System Higher Education as an Organization Roles in Higher Education Environmental Pressures on Higher Education Outcomes of Higher Education Problems and Reform in Higher Education Chapter 11 Educational Systems Around the World: A Comparative View Comparative Educational Studies Theoretical Perspectives in Comparative Education Global Institutional Interdependence Stages of Economic Development and Educational Change Higher Education Around the World Chapter 12 Educational Systems Around the World: Britain, China, and Post-Colonial Africa Education in Britain Education in the People's Republic of China Formal Education in Colonial Africa Chapter 13 Educational Movements and Reform Nature of Educational Movements Early Educational Movements Alternative Education and Related Movements Structural and Curricular Changes in the Schools References Index