Stability and Change in American Education: Structure, Process, and Outcomes

by Maureen T. Hallinan, Adam Gamoran, Warren Kubitschek, Tom Loveless

Overview

Robert Dreeben is one of the most widely read and influential sociologists of education of the past half-century and the author of several important books, one of which (the 1968 classic On What Is Learned in School) has been republished by Percheron Press. In this volume inspired by Dreeben's work and career, chapters written by Dreeben's colleagues, students, and even one of his mentors present the latest academic research on schools and schooling and examine recent and ongoing school reform policies. The contributors address schooling and socialization, school organization and effects, teaching as an occupation, and other areas of sociology of education where Dreeben's research has had a profound impact. A concluding chapter by Dreeben discusses the field of sociology of education as a whole.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780971958784
Publisher:	Eliot Werner Publications
Publication date:	12/31/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Maureen T. Hallinan, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana Adam Gamoran, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin Warren Kubitschek, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana Tom Loveless, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Foreword John W. Meyer I. INTRODUCTION Robert Dreeben's Contributions to Sociology of Education Adam Gamoran and Tom Loveless II. SCHOOLING AND SOCIALIZATION On What Is Learned in School: A Verstehen Approach Aaron M. Pallas, Matthew Boulay, and Melinda Mechur Karp The Problem of Classroom Goodwill Charles E. Bidwell Social Status versus Psychosocial Maturity as Predictors of School Outcomes in Japan and the United States Alex Inkeles and P. Herbert Leiderman III. HOW SCHOOLS WORK: ORGANIZATION AND EFFECTS How School Governance Works: The Implementation of Integrated Reform in the Chicago Public Schools Kenneth K. Wong School Organization and Response to Systemic Breakdown Maureen T. Hallinan Tracking, Instruction, and Unequal Literacy in Secondary School English Adam Gamoran and Sean Kelly When Tensions Mount: Conceptualizing Classroom Situations and the Conditions of Student-Teacher Conflict Daniel A. Mc Farland IV. TEACHING AS AN OCCUPATION The Governance of Teaching and Standards-Based Reform from the 1970s to the New Millennium William A. Firestone The Regulation of Teaching and Learning Tom Loveless V. SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION AS A FIELD OF INQUIRY Sociology of Education: An Overview of the Field at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century Barbara Schneider VI. CONCLUSION Classrooms and Politics Robert Dreeben Author Index Subject Index