Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Levinson, David L., 1954-
2. Cookson, Peter W.
3. Sadovnik, Alan R.

Description

1. xix, 734 pages; 29 cm

Subject

1. Educational sociology > Encyclopedias
2. 81.20 educational sociology: general
3. Educational sociology
4. Pädagogische Soziologie
5. Onderwijssociologie
6. Sociologie de l'éducation > Encyclopédies

Genre/Form

1. Reference works.
2. Encyclopedias.
3. Encyclopedias (form)
4. Ouvrages de référence.

Contents

1. Education and sociology: an introduction / David L. Levinson and Alan R. Sadovnik -- Adolescence and schools / Nancy Lesko, Roberta Jentes-Mason and Jolanda Westerhof-Shultz -- Adult education / Peter Katopes -- Affirmative action in education / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson -- African-American achievement motivation / Margaret Hunter and Walter R. Allen -- At-risk students / Gary Natriello -- Bilingual education / Virginia Vogel Zanger -- Brown V. Board of Education / Jennifer L. Hochschild -- Catholic schools / Helen M. Marks -- Classroom processes / Elizabeth G. Cohen -- Code theory, pedagogic discourse and symbolic control / Alan R. Sadovnik.
2. Community colleges / Kevin J. Dougherty -- Conflict theory / Christopher J. Hurn -- Cooperative learning in elementary and secondary schools / Robert E. Slavin -- Cultural capital / Timothy J. Madigan -- Curriculum / Adam Gamoran -- Curriculum history / Ivor F. Goodson -- Desegregation / Stephen Samuel Smith -- Desegregation of higher education / Faith G. Paul -- Economics of education / Ivar Berg -- Educational achievement and attainment in the United States / Thomas M. Smith -- Educational assessment / Leslie C. Soosak -- Educational attitudes: abstract and concrete / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson -- Educational productivity / Mark Berends -- Educational reform and sociology in England and Wales / Geoffrey Walford -- Educational reform in the United States: 1980's and 1990's / Alan R. Sadovnik, Peter W. Cookson, Susan F. Semel and David L. Levinson -- Elites and educational reform / Peter W. Cookson and Brenda Donly -- Equality in education / Maureen T. Hallinan -- Ethnicity / Edith W. King.
3. Ethnography / Peter McLaren and Amanda Datnow -- Extracurricular activities / Pamela Anne Quiroz -- Functionalist theories of education / Peter W. Cookson and Alan R. Sadovnik -- Gender and education / Sara Delamont -- Gender and math education / Karen Karp -- Gender inequality / Linda Grant and Xue Lan Rong -- Gender inequality in education: international comparisons / Karen Bradley -- Gender socialization and education: where we've been and where we might go / Joan Z. Spade -- Globalization / John Boli -- High school dropouts / Aaron M. Pallas -- Higher education / Floyd M. Hammack -- Higher education: international / James C. Hearn and Jan Sandor -- Higher education and social equality / Sophia Catsambis -- Higher education in the United States: Latinos / Susan Moreno and Chandra Muller -- Historically black colleges / Joseph O. Jewell and Walter R. Allen -- Home schooling: contemporary / Maralee Mayberry -- Homeless children and youth / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson.
4. Human capital theory / David L. Levinson -- Ideology and curriculum / Yoshiko Nozaki and Michael W. Apple -- Imperialism and education / Mark B. Ginsburg and Thomas Clayton -- International competition and education crises: cross-national studies of school outcomes / David P. Baker -- IQ / Christopher J. Hurn -- Longitudinal studies: an introduction: opening the black box / Kathryn S. Schiller -- Longitudinal studies data collection program / Carl Schmidt -- Magnet schools in urban education / Rolf K. Blank -- Mass schooling / Francisco O. Ramirez -- Meritocracy / Thomas B. Hoffer -- Multiculturalism / Patricia Gandara -- Politics of education / Kevin J. Dougherty -- Progressive education / Susan F. Semel -- Quasi-markets in education / Geoff Whitty -- Race and education / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson -- Restructuring / Peter M. Hall and Patrick J.W. McGinty -- School-based management: what it is and does it make a difference / Priscilla Wohlstetter, Kerri L. Briggs and Amy Van Kirk -- School choice / Amy Stuart Wells.
5. School effects / Roger C. Shouse -- School, family and community partnerships / Joyce L. Epstein and Mavis G. Sanders -- School textbooks and cultural authority / Sandra L. Wong -- Single-sex education and coeducation / Helen M. Marks -- Social capital: a ubiquitous emerging conception / Barbara Schneider -- Social reproduction / David Swartz -- Sociology of education as critical theory / Michael Young -- Sociology of education: feminist perspectives: continuity and contestation in the field / Jo-Anne Dillabough and Madeleine Arnot -- Sociology of education: Marxist theories / Fred L. Pincus -- Sociology of education: new / Philip Wexler -- Sociology of education: open systems approach / Jeanne H. Ballantine -- Sociology of education: postmodernism / Alan R. Sadovnik -- Sociology of education: theoretical approaches / Jeanne H. Ballantine -- Special education / Hugh Mehan, Jane R. Mercer and Robert Rueda -- Sport and schooling / C. Roger Rees -- Structuralism / Paul Atkinson -- Student cultures and academic achievement / Sandra L. Wong -- Summer learning / Barbara Heyns.
6. Teacher assessment and evaluation / Richard M. Ingersoll -- Teacher burnout / A. Gary Dworkin -- Teacher unions, old and new / Ronald Henderson -- Teachers and teaching / Bruce J. Biddle and Thomas L. Good -- Tracking / Amanda Datnow and Robert Cooper -- Urban schools / Julia Gwynne -- Vocational education / James E. Rosenbaum -- Working parents / Chandra Muller.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.