Sociology of Education

Alan R. Sadovnik is Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of Education, Sociology, and Public Affairs at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.Ryan W. Coughlan is a Presidential Fellow and doctoral candidate in Urban Systems at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionSuggested ReadingsPart I. Theory and Method in the Sociology of Education1. Theory and Research in the Sociology of EducationAlan R. Sadovnik2. On Education and SocietyÉmile Durkheim3. Functional and Conflict Theories of Educational StratificationRandall Collins4. Broken Promises: School Reform in RetrospectSamuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis5. On Understanding the Processes of Schooling: The Contributions of Labeling TheoryRay C. Rist6. The Forms of CapitalPierre Bourdieu7. Social Capital in the Creation of Human CapitalJames S. Coleman8. Class and Pedagogies: Visible and InvisibleBasil Bernstein9. The Effects of Education as an InstitutionJohn W. MeyerPart I Suggested ReadingsPart II. School Organizations and Processes: Elementary, Secondary, and Post-Secondary Education10. The Organizational Context of Teaching and Learning: Changing Theoretical PerspectivesAdam Gamoran, Walter G. Secada, and Cora B. Marrett11. Is There Really a Teacher Shortage?Richard Ingersoll12. Tracking: From Theory to PracticeMaureen T. HallinanMore than Misplaced Technology: A Normative Political Response to Hallinan on TrackingJeannie Oakes13. College-for-All: Do Students Understand What College Demands?James E. Rosenbaum14. New Evidence on College RemediationPaul A. Attewell, David E. Lavin, Thurston Domina, and Tania Levey15. Whose Markets, Whose Knowledge?Michael W. ApplePart II Suggested ReadingsPart III. Education, Identity, and Inequality16. Invisible Inequality: Social Class and Childrearing in Black Families and White FamiliesAnnette Lareau17. "Black" Cultural Capital, Status Positioning, and Schooling Conflicts for Low-Income African American YouthPrudence L. Carter18. Behind the Model-Minority Stereotype: Voices of High- and Low-Achieving Asian American StudentsStacey J. Lee19. Seeking Equity in the Education of California’s English LearnersRussell W. Rumberger and Patricia Gándara20. The Trouble with Black Boys: The Role and Influence of Environmental and Cultural Factors on the Academic Performance of African American MalesPedro A. Noguera21. Sociological Understandings of Contemporary Gender Transformations in Schooling in the UKMadeleine Arnot22. Eliminating Ableism in EducationThomas HehirPart III Suggested ReadingsPart IV. Educational Reform and Policy23. 60 Years After Brown: Trends and Consequences of School SegregrationSean F. Reardon and Ann Owens24. The Radical Restructuring of the State and the Dissolution of the American EconomyMichael Fabricant and Michelle Fine25. Promise and Peril: Charter School, Urban School Reform, and the Obama AdministrationCharles Payne and Tim Knowles26. Effects of Inequality and Poverty vs. Teachers and Schooling on America’s YouthDavid C. BerlinerPart IV Suggested ReadingsPermissionsIndex

Praise for Previous Editions:"Sociology of Education is a fabulous reader. Sadovnik lays out the field in a concise but nuanced way. Students are much better served by having experience with full arguments and being able to see setups, methods, and other parts that excerpted works often cut." --Marcus Weaver-Hightower, Associate Professor, Educational Foundations and Research, University of North Dakota"Sociology of Education offers the student a concise portrayal of sociological theory and methods and an understanding that sociology is not limited to a single level of focus, such as on individuals, collectivities, or societies. Further, this textbook possesses a hallmark of quality textbooks in sociology---a capacity to weave diverse theories together."--A. Gary Dworkin, Professor of Sociology, University of Houston