Way Schools Work A Sociological Analysis of Education

Name: Way Schools Work A Sociological Analysis of Education
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ISBN: 9780801319563

ISBN-10: 0801319560

ISBN-13: 9780801319563

Edition: 3rd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Kathleen Bennett DeMarrais, Margaret Diane LeCompte

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This text continues to offer cutting-edge analysis of contemporary schooling in America from a critical perspective. Provides up-to-the-minute critical analysis of the way schools really work that takes into account both historical influences and current critical theory. Includes extensive coverage of race, class, and gender and their roles in relation to power dynamics in today's classrooms. Wide ranging content draws on social theory as well as the sociology of organizations, of work and the professions, and of knowledge. Includes new short case studies of students experiences, and chapter questions and illustrative boxes containing accounts from students, teachers and administrators.

Book details

List price: $148.20
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/22/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English




Theory and its Influences on the Purposes of Schooling



The Social Organization of Schooling



Youth Culture and the Student Peer Group



The Labor Force in Education: Teachers, Counselors, Administrators, and Ancillary Staff



Social Class and its Relationship to Education



What is Taught in Schools: Curriculum and the Stratification of Knowledge



Ethnic Minorities: Equality of Educational Opportunity



Gender Equity in Schooling


Appendix: Do's and Dont's for Non-Sexist Language