This title is a comprehensive, accessible reader that examines critical topics on schools and education. This Second Edition of "The Structure of Schooling: Readings in the Sociology of Education" draws from classic and contemporary scholarship to examine current issues and diverse theoretical approaches to studying the effects of schooling on individuals and society. This engaging reader exposes students to examples of sociological research on schools with a focus on the school as community. It covers a wide range of issues, including the development and application of social and cultural capital; the effects of racial segregation and resource inequality on student outcomes; the effects of tracking; the role of gender, class, and race in structuring educational opportunity; the effects of schooling on life course outcomes; the significance of a school's institutional environment; and, the sociology of school reform movements.
- ISBN10 1412980399
- ISBN13 9781412980395
- Publish Date 11 May 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 November 2014
- Publish Country US
- Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
- Imprint Pine Forge
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 640
- Language English