基本説明
Entries cover both national and international perspectives and studies, as well as tackling controversial points in education today, from gender inequality to globalization, minorities to meritocracy.
Full Description
First Published in 2002. This single-volume reference provides readers and researchers with access to details on a wide range of topics and issues in the sociology of education. Entries cover both national and international perspectives and studies, as well as tackling controversial points in education today, including gender inequality, globalization, minorities, meritocracy, and more. This is a key, one-of-a-kind resource for all educational researchers and educators.
Contents
EDUCATION AND SOCIOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION David I. Levinson and Alan R. Sadovnik ADOLESCENCE AND SCHOOLS Nancy Lesko, Roberta Jentes-Mason and Jolanda Westerhof-Shultz ADULT EDUCATION Peter Katopes AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN EDUCATION Roslyn Arlin Mickelson AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION Margaret Hunter and Walter R. Allen AT RISK STUDENTS Gary Natriello BILINGUAL EDUCATION Virginia Vagel Zanger BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION Jennifer L. Hochschild CATHOLIC SCHOOLS Helen M. Marks CLASSROOM PROCESSES Elizabeth G. Cohen CODE THEORY, PEDAGOGIC DISCOURSE AND SYMBOLIC CONTROL Alan R. Sadovnik COMMUNITY COLLEGES Kevin J. Dougherty CONFLICT THEORY Christopher J. Hurn COOPERATIVE LEARNING IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Robert E. Slavin CULTURAL CAPITAL Timothy J. Madigan CURRICULUM Adam Gamoran CURRICULUM HISTORY Ivor F. Goodson DESEGREGATION Stephen Samuel Smith DESEGREGATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION Faith G.Paul ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION Iver Berg EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTAINMENT IN THE UNITED STATES Thomas M. Smith EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT Leslie C. Soodak EDUCATIONAL ATTITUDES: ABSTRACT AND CONCRETE Roslyn Arlin Mickelson EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY Mark Berends EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND SOCIOLOGY IN ENGLAND AND WALES Geoffery Walford EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN THE UNITED STATES: 1980S AND 1990S Alan R. Sadovnik, Peter W. Cokson, Jr., Susan F. Semel and David L. Levinson ELITES AND EDUCATIONAL REFORM Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Brenda Donly EQUALITY AND EDUCATION Maureen T. Hallinan ETHNICITY Edith W. King ETHNOGRAPHY Peter McLaren and Amanda Datnow EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Pamela Anne Quiroz FUNCTIONALIST THEORIES OF EDUCATION Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and ALan R. Sadovnik GENDER AND EDUCATION Sara Delamont GENDER AND MATH EDUCATION Karen Karp GENDER INEQUALITY Linda Grant and Xue Lan Rong GENDER INEQUALITY IN EDUCATION: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS Karen Bradley GENDER SOCIALIZATION AND EDUCATION: WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE MIGHT GO Joan Z. Spade GLOBALIZATION John Boli HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS Aaron M. Pallas HIGHER EDUCATION Floyd M. Hammack HIGHER EDUCATION: INTERNATIONAL James C. Hearn and Jan Sandor HIGHER EDUCATION AND SOCIAL EQUALITY Sophia Catsambis HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: ACCESS TO BY MINORITIES Thomas M. Smith HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: LATINOS Susan Moreno and Chandra Muller HISTORI
