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Education in a New Society
Renewing the Sociology of Education
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Jal Mehta
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English
Published/Copyright:
2018
About this book
In recent decades, sociology of education has been dominated by quantitative analyses of race, class, and gender gaps in educational achievement. And while there’s no question that such work is important, it leaves a lot of other fruitful areas of inquiry unstudied. This book takes that problem seriously, considering the way the field has developed since the 1960s and arguing powerfully for its renewal.
The sociology of education, the contributors show, largely works with themes, concepts, and theories that were generated decades ago, even as both the actual world of education and the discipline of sociology have changed considerably. The moment has come, they argue, to break free of the past and begin asking new questions and developing new programs of empirical study. Both rallying cry and road map, Education in a New Society will galvanize the field.
The sociology of education, the contributors show, largely works with themes, concepts, and theories that were generated decades ago, even as both the actual world of education and the discipline of sociology have changed considerably. The moment has come, they argue, to break free of the past and begin asking new questions and developing new programs of empirical study. Both rallying cry and road map, Education in a New Society will galvanize the field.
Author / Editor information
Jal Mehta is associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Scott Davies is Canada Research Chair and Professor of Education Leadership and Policy at the University of Toronto.
Reviews
“Education in a New Society is timely and thoughtful, full of interesting and intriguing arguments that made me think about our field in a new way. The ambition of this volume and the stature and insights of its contributors should generate a lively debate in the field about the core concerns of the sociology of education and what lines of theory and research could be most fruitful.”
— Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara, Temple University“Recruiting some of the best and most thoughtful scholars to address the status of the field and to review their work in the context of a reassessment of the field is a major achievement. Education in a New Society is ushering in a new understanding of education for the discipline of sociology, and is a must-read for all scholars and every graduate student interested in education.”
— Floyd M. Hammack, New York University"For those who are not already card-carrying members in the sociology of education, Education in a New Society opens a window onto how the field is tackling new themes or critically appraising older ones. It is sociology that matters by virtue of its capacity to bring clarity and new perspectives to problems that matter to the larger community."
— Change: The Magazine of Higher LearningTopics
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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Foreword / A Much-Needed Project
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ONE / Education in a New Society: Renewing the Sociology of Education
1 - PART ONE Theoretical Perspectives
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TWO Social Theory and the Coming Schooled Society
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THREE / The Deepening Interpenetration of Education in Modern Life
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FOUR An Institutional Geography of Knowledge Exchange: Producers, Exports, Imports, Trade Routes, and Metacognitive Metropoles
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FIVE Professional Education in the University Context: Toward an Inhabited Institutional View of Socialization
144 - PART TWO Substantive Contributions
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SIX Talking Pigs? Lessons from Elite Schooling
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SEVEN What’s Up with Assessment?
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EIGHT College and University Campuses as Sites for Political Formation: A Cultural-Organizational Approach
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NINE Digital Badges and Higher Education in a New Society: A Bernsteinian Analysis
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TEN Research Universities and the Global Battle for the Brains
271 - PART THREE Old Themes, New Perspectives
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ELEVEN The Expansion of the “School Form” and Deepening Inequality
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TWELVE / Reopening the Black Box of Educational Disadvantage: Why We Need New Answers to Old Questions
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THIRTEEN / Schools as Great Distractors: Why Socioeconomic-Based Achievement Gaps Persist
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FOURTEEN / Race and White Supremacy in the Sociology of Education: Shifting the Intellectual Gaze
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FIFTEEN / Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Processes in Education: New Approaches for New Times
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SIXTEEN / Claim No Easy Victories: Some Notes toward a Fearless Sociology of Education
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EPILOGUE / What Next for the Sociology of Education?
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INDEX OF AUTHORS
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS
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September 21, 2020
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9780226517568
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Keywords for this book
education; educational; learning; college; university; classroom; teacher; student; social studies; society; sociology; sociologist; academic; scholarly; research; professor; leadership; policy; race; racism; class; classism; gender; gaps; 1960s; contemporary; 20th century; themes; theories; theoretical; empirical; study; united states; school; schooling; modern life; metacognitive; political; ethnicity
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
