Education in America

"Goyette provides a lucid, succinct, and valuable overview of the state of education. Recommended for teaching!"—Annette Lareau, author of Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life

"This book fills a niche within course materials for undergraduates in sociology of education, and will be valuable to instructors teaching sociology of education and social inequality." —Susan A. Dumais, Associate Professor of Sociology, Lehman College, CUNY

Info autore

Kimberly A. Goyette is Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology at Temple University and specializes in the Sociology of Education.  

Riassunto

Provides an introduction to education in the U.S., from its origins to its contemporary manifestations. Focusing on social inequality, the author calls into question Horace Mann's famous proclamation that education is the "great equalizer" and examines how education stratifies students based on socioeconomic background, race, and gender.

Testo aggiuntivo

“Weaves a powerful narrative of inequalities that is chilling in its detailing of how education stratifies students on the basis of gender, race, class, and disability. Packed with relevant facts and statistics, it is also a very measured book, weighing up often competing evidence in an even-handed way.”

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kimberly A. Goyette, Goyette Kimberly A.
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780520285118
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28511-8
• Pagine: 302
• Serie: Sociology in the 21st Century; Sociology in the Twenty-First Century; Sociology in the Twenty-First Century
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Analisi delle strutture sociali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; USA, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Moral and social purpose of education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Moral & social purpose of education, Social discrimination and social justice