Schools and societies / Steven Brint.

By: Brint, Steven G [author.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Social Sciences, 2006©2006 Edition: Second editionDescription: xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0804750734 (paperback : alk. paper)Subject(s): Educational sociology -- United States | Schools -- United States -- Sociological aspectsLOC classification: LC191.4 .B75 2006
Contents:
Schooling as social institutions -- Schooling in the industrialized world -- Schooling in the developing world -- Schools and cultural transmission -- Schools and socialization -- Schools and social welection : opportunity -- Schools and social selection : inequality -- Teaching and learning in comparative perspective -- School reform and the possibilities of schooling.
Summary: Schools and Societies provides a synthesis of key issues in the sociology of education, focusing on American schools while offering a global, comparative context.... The book is distinguished from others in the field by its breadth of coverage ... institutional history, and ... prose style. It opens with a chapter on schooling as a social institution. Subsequent chapters examine and compare schooling in industrialized and developing countries, and discuss the major purposes of schooling: transmitting culture, socializing young people, and sorting youth for class and occupations. Materials from different educational systems are interwoven throughout the book. The concluding chapter looks at school reform efforts and the future possibilities of schooling.
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Genel Koleksiyon LC 191.4 .B75 2006 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) Available Bağışlayan: John McKeown 0007508

Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-326) and index.

Schooling as social institutions -- Schooling in the industrialized world -- Schooling in the developing world -- Schools and cultural transmission -- Schools and socialization -- Schools and social welection : opportunity -- Schools and social selection : inequality -- Teaching and learning in comparative perspective -- School reform and the possibilities of schooling.

Schools and Societies provides a synthesis of key issues in the sociology of education, focusing on American schools while offering a global, comparative context.... The book is distinguished from others in the field by its breadth of coverage ... institutional history, and ... prose style. It opens with a chapter on schooling as a social institution. Subsequent chapters examine and compare schooling in industrialized and developing countries, and discuss the major purposes of schooling: transmitting culture, socializing young people, and sorting youth for class and occupations. Materials from different educational systems are interwoven throughout the book. The concluding chapter looks at school reform efforts and the future possibilities of schooling.