This comprehensive and bestselling Reader examines the most pressing topics in Sociology and education while exposing students to examples of sociological research in schools.
Coughlan is a Presidential Fellow and doctoral candidate in Urban Systems at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey..
Ryan W.
Sadovnik is Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of Education, Sociology, and Public Affairs at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.
About the Author: Alan R.
Including comprehensive section introductions, questions for reflection and discussion, and suggested readings, Sociology of Education will stimulate student thinking about the important roles that schools play in contemporary society and their ability to solve fundamental social, economic, and political problems.
This edition features a greater focus on issues of equality and accessibility in schooling for minority students and those with learning disabilities, while an all-new Part IV offers a selection of articles on the shifting social and political factors which have influenced the development of education policy and reform within the last six years.
Through full, rather than excerpted primary source readings, students have the opportunity to read sociological research as it is written and engage in Critical analyses of readings in their entirety.
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Carter, and Pedro A.
Reardon, Ann Owens, Prudence L.
The third edition provides students with nine new readings from some of the best theorists and researchers in education including Sean F.
Coughlan have chosen readings that examine current issues and reflect diverse theoretical approaches to studying the effects of schooling and society.
Sadovnik with Ryan W.
Drawing from classic and contemporary scholarship, noted sociologist Alan R.
This comprehensive and bestselling Reader examines the most pressing topics in Sociology and education while exposing students to examples of sociological research in schools
