Schools and Society: A Sociological Approach to Education

This collection provides a comprehensive approach to the discipline, as it includes all of the significant theories and issues of Sociology of Education. Yet, the book has a central focus -- it is both comprehensive and unified at the same time. A broad range of theoretical perspectives, major concepts, and current issues are illustrated and brought into focus.-- The book's balance of classic and contemporary readings is unlike any other reader.-- The articles come from a wide range of diverse and respected sources.-- Each Part/Section opens with an introduction which unifies the selections within that Part and presents a context in which the articles fall.-- Each reading opens with a short Introduction as well as three to five Questions to Consider as you read this Article, in order to encourage critical thinking.Schools and Society: A Sociological Approach to Education, 1 was published 2000 under ISBN 9780534539559 and ISBN 0534539556.