Schools and Society

Joan Z. Spade is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the State University of New York College at Brockport. She received her PhD from State University of New York at Buffalo and her B.A. from State university of New York at Geneseo. In addition to gender, Joan teaches courses on education, family, research methods, and statistics. She has published articles on gender, including rape. She also has co-edited two books in education. Joan is active in Sociologists for Women and Society, the Eastern Sociological Society, and the American Sociological Association. Through Jeanne Ballantine's involvement in the American Sociological Association (ASA) Teaching Projects and as Director of the ASA Teaching Services Field Program (now Departmental Resources Group), she has studied the teaching process, the introductory course, and effective ways of teaching the course. She has produced written materials, contributed to the ASA introductory survey and syllabi set, conducted teaching workshops, trained and advised TA's, directed the Teaching Information Exchange (nationwide network for sociology instructors), held elected offices including chair of the ASA Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology (2 times), ASA Section on Sociology of Education, and chair of the ASA Teaching Committee. In 2010, she was the recipient of the J. Milton Yinger Award for a Distinguished Career in Sociology.

PART I -- What Is Sociology of Education? Theory and Methods 1. Getting Started: Understanding Education Through Sociological Theory - Jeanne H. Ballantine and Joan Z. Spade 2. Contemporary Perspectives in the Sociology of Education - Alan R. Sadovnik 3. Moral Education - Emile Durkheim 4. Conflict Theory of Educational Stratification - Randall Collins 5. Schooling in Capitalist Societies - Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis 6. Bridges to the Future: Contributions of Qualitative Research to the Sociology of Education - Carolyn Riehl 7. How to Avoid Statistical Traps - Gerald W. Bracey PART II -- School Organization and Roles 8. How Schools Work - Rebecca Barr and Robert Dreeben 9. The School Class as a Social System - Talcott Parsons 10. Small Class Size and Its Effects - Bruce J. Biddle and David C. Berlinger 11. Forms of Capital and the Construction of Leadership: Instructional Leadership in Urban Elementary Schools - James P. Spillane, Tim Hallett, and John B. Diamond 12. The Status of Teaching as a Profession - Richard M. Ingersoll and David Perda 13. School Reform and Teacher Burnout - Anthony Gary Dworkin PART III -- Students and the Informal System 14. Learning the Student Role: Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp - Harry L. Gracey 15. Real School: A Universal Drama Among Disparate Experience - Mary Haywood Metz 16. Straddling Boundaries: Identity, Culture, and School - Prudence L. Carter 17. Low-Level Violence: A Neglected Aspect of School Culture - David R. Dupper and Nancy Meyer-Adams 18. The Dropout Problem: Losing Ground - Paul E. Barton PART IV -- Social Construction of Knowledge 19. The New Sociology of Knowledge - Ann Swidler and Jorge Arditi 20. Romeo and Juliet Were Just Good Friends - Joan DelFattore 21. America in World War II: An Analysis of History Textbooks from England, Japan, Sweden, and the United States - Stuart Foster and Jason Nicholls 22. Facts or Critical Thinking Skills? What the NAEP Results Say - Harold Wenglinsky PART V -- Schooling in Social Context: Educational Environments 23. The Structure of Educational Organizations - John W. Meyer and Brian Rowan 24. Marital Transitions, Parenting, and Schooling: Exploring the Link Between Family-Structure History and Adolescents' Academic Status - Shannon E. Cavanagh, Kathryn S. Schiller, and Catherine Riegle-Crumb 25. Adolescents' Extracurricular Participation in Context: The Mediating Effects of Schools, Communities, and Identity - Andrew Guest and Barbara Schneider 26. No Child Left Behind: The Federal Government Gets Serious About Accountability - Kathryn M. Borman and Bridget A. Cotner 27. Disparities Within: Unequal Spending and Achievement in an Urban School District - Dennis J. Condron and Vincent J. Roscigno PART VI -- Social Stratification and Schools 28. Schools: The Great Equalizer and the Key to the American Dream - Heather Beth Johnson 29. Tracking in Mathematics and Science: Courses and Course Selection Procedures - Joan Z. Spade, Lynn Columba, and Beth E. Vanfossen 30. How Race and Education are Related - Caroline Hodges Persell 31. Moments of Social Inclusion and Exclusion: Race, Class, and Cultural Capital in Family-School Relationships - Annette Lareau and Erin McNamara Horvat 32. "Tuck in that shirt!" Race, Class, Gender, and Discipline in an Urban School - Edward W. Morris 33. Gender and Education - Roslyn Arlin Mickelson PART VII -- Efforts Toward Equality and Equity in Education 34. The Segregation and Resegregation of American Public Education: The Courts' Role - Erwin Chemerinsky 35. Learning Through Experience: What Graduates Gained by Attending Desegregated High Schools - Jennifer Jellison Holme, Amy Stuart Wells, and Anita Tijerina Revilla 36. Charter Schools and the Public Good - Linda A. Renzulli and Vincent J. Roscigno 37. The Achievement Gap: A Broader Picture - Richard Rothstein 38. Early Childhood Education and Care in Advanced Industrialized Countries: Current Policy and Program Trends - Sheila B. Kamerman PART VIII -- Higher Education 39. The Stratification of the Academy - Zelda F. Gamson 40. The Battle Over Merit - Jerome Karabel 41. The Community College: The Impact, Origin, and Future of a Contradictory Institution - Kevin J. Dougherty 42. Blacks in College: Past and Present - Sarah Susannah Willie 43. Changes in the Status and Functions of Women's Colleges Over Time - Leslie Miller-Bernal 44. Reshaping the University in an Era of Globalization - Alan Ruby PART IX -- Education in an International Context 45. The Global Environment of National School Systems - David P. Baker and Gerald K. LeTendre 46. The Content of the Curriculum: An Institutional Perspective - Elizabeth H. McEneaney and John W. Meyer (moved from Part IV) 47. Education and Social Stratification Processes in Comparative Perspective - Alan C. Kerckhoff 48. The Case for Universal Basic Education for the World's Poorest Boys and Girls - Gene B. Sperling 49. What Does Globalization Mean for Educational Change? A Comparative Approach - Martin Carnoy and Diana Rhoten PART X -- Educational Reform and Change 50. Tinkering Toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform - David Tyack and Larry Cuban 51. Wider Contexts and Future Issues: National Standards and School Reform in Japan and the United States - Thomas P. Rohlen 52. Radical Possibilities: Putting Education at the Center - Jean Anyon 53. Deschooling Society - Ivan Illich Concluding Remarks Appendix: Web Resources for Continued Exploration of the Topics in This Book Index