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Robert Dreeben is one of the most widely read and influential sociologists of education of the past half-century and the author of several important books-one of which (On What Is Learned in School) was recently republished by Percheron Press. In this volume inspired by Dreeben's work and career, chapters written by Dreeben's colleagues, students, and even one of his mentors present the latest academic research on schools and schooling and examine recent and ongoing school reform policies.
List of contents
Foreword, John W. Meyer I. INTRODUCTION Robert Dreeben's Contributions to Sociology of Education, Adam Gamoran and Tom Loveless II. SCHOOLING AND SOCIALIZATION On What Is Learned in School: A Verstehen Approach, Aaron M. Pallas, Matthew Boulay, and Melinda Mechur Karp The Problem of Classroom Goodwill, Charles E. Bidwell Social Status versus Psychosocial Maturity as Predictors of School Outcomes in Japan and the United States, Alex Inkeles and P. Herbert Leiderman III. HOW SCHOOLS WORK: ORGANIZATION AND EFFECTS How School Governance Works: The Implementation of Integrated Reform in the Chicago Public Schools, Kenneth K. Wong School Organization and Response to Systemic Breakdown, Maureen T. Hallinan Tracking, Instruction, and Unequal Literacy in Secondary School English, Adam Gamoran and Sean Kelly When Tensions Mount: Conceptualizing Classroom Situations and the Conditions of Student-Teacher Conflict, Daniel A. McFarland IV. TEACHING AS AN OCCUPATION The Governance of Teaching and Standards-Based Reform from the 1970s to the New Millennium, William A. Firestone The Regulation of Teaching and Learning, Tom Loveless V. SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION AS A FIELD OF INQUIRY Sociology of Education: An Overview of the Field at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century, Barbara Schneider VI. CONCLUSION Classrooms and Politics, Robert Dreeben Author Index Subject Index
About the author
Maureen T. Hallinan, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana Adam Gamoran, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin Warren Kubitschek, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana Tom Loveless, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
Summary
Robert Dreeben is one of the most influential sociologists of education of the past half-century. In this volume inspired by Dreeben’s work and career, chapters written by Dreeben’s colleagues, students, and even one of his mentors present the latest academic research on schools and schooling and examine recent and ongoing school reform policies.
