Education and Society: An Introduction to Key Issues in the Sociology of Education

Published by University of California Press 2019

Education and Society

An Introduction to Key Issues in the Sociology of Education

Edited by: Thurston Domina , Benjamin G. Gibbs , Lisa Nunn and Andrew Penner

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520968301

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Drawing on current scholarship, Education and Society takes students on a journey through the many roles that education plays in contemporary societies. Addressing students’ own experience of education before expanding to larger sociological conversations, Education and Society helps readers understand and engage with such topics as peer groups, gender and identity, social class, the racialization of achievement, the treatment of immigrant children, special education, school choice, accountability, discipline, global perspectives, and schooling as a social institution. The book prompts students to evaluate how schools organize our society and how society organizes our schools. Moving from students to schooling to social forces, Education and Society provides a lively and engaging introduction to theory and research and will serve as a cornerstone for courses such as sociology of education, foundations of education, critical issues in education, and school and society.

Author / Editor information

Domina Thurston :

Thurston Domina is Associate Professor of Educational Policy and Sociology in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He works in partnership with educational practitioners to better understand the relationship between education and social inequality in the contemporary United States.

Benjamin G. Gibbs is Associate Professor of Sociology at Brigham Young University. He researches the origins of inequality in the life course and is currently focusing on the relationship between screen time and adolescent development.

Lisa Nunn is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of San Diego. She is the author of 33 Simple Strategies for Faculty and Defining Student Success as well as past president of the Sociology of Education Association.

Andrew Penner is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Penner’s research uses administrative data to understand questions related to inequality, social categorization, and educational policy.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Editors’ Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1. Theoretical Orientations in the Sociology of Education
1. The Growth of Schooling in Global Perspective Evan Schofer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2. A Contextual Understanding of Schools’ Role in the Stratification System: Are Schools a Compensatory, Neutral, or Exacerbatory Institution? Douglas Downey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Part 2. Student Experiences in Education
3. Gender Inequality in Education: Outcomes and Experiences Catherine Riegle-Crumb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4. Hidden in Plain Sight: Rethinking Race in Education Rob Eschmann and Charles M. Payne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
5. Immigrant Children and Children of Immigrants in American Schools: Shifting Demographics Edelina M. Burciaga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Case Study 1. Sexualities in Education
EDITORS’ NOTE C. J. Pascoe and Tony Silva Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
6. Social Class and Student-Teacher Interactions Jessica Calarco, C. J. Pascoe and Tony Silva Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
7. First-Generation College Students Lisa M. Nunn, C. J. Pascoe and Tony Silva Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
8. Peer Sorting, Peer Influence, and Student Outcomes William Carbonaro, C. J. Pascoe and Tony Silva Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Case Study 2. The “Asian F” and the Racialization of Achievement Jennifer Lee, Sean Drake and Min Zhou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Part 3. Schools and Other Educational Organizations
9. Creating the Canon: The Meaning and Effects of Textbooks and Curricula Patricia Bromley and Daniel Scott Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
10. Sorting Students for Learning: Eight Questions about Secondary-School Tracking Sean Kelly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
11. Special Education and Social Inequality Jacob Hibel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
12. A Sociology of School Discipline Richard Arum, E. Christine Baker-Smith and Jessica Lipschultz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Case Study 3. Within Elite Academic Walls: Inequity and Student Experience on Campus
EDITORS’ NOTE Megan Thiele and Karen Jeong Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
13. School Segregation by Race/Ethnicity and Economic Status Ann Owens, Megan Thiele and Karen Jeong Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
14. Sociological Perspectives on Leading and Teaching for School Change Sarah L. Woulfin, Megan Thiele and Karen Jeong Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
15. School Choice: Policy and Perspectives Linda Renzulli, Maria Paino, Megan Thiele and Karen Jeong Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
16. Higher Education and the Labor Market Eric Grodsky, Julie Posselt, Megan Thiele and Karen Jeong Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Case Study 4. Importing School Forms across Professional Fields: An Understudied Phenomenon in the Sociology of Education Amy Binder and Scott Davies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	300
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 328

eBook

Published: August 20, 2019
ISBN: 9780520968301