Education in a New Society: Renewing the Sociology of Education

Published by University of Chicago Press 2018

Education in a New Society

Renewing the Sociology of Education

Edited by: Jal Mehta and Scott Davies

https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226517568

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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.

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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword / A Much-Needed Project Michèle Lamont Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ONE / Education in a New Society: Renewing the Sociology of Education Jal Mehta and Scott Davies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE Theoretical Perspectives
TWO Social Theory and the Coming Schooled Society David P. Baker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
THREE / The Deepening Interpenetration of Education in Modern Life Scott Davies and Jal Mehta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
FOUR An Institutional Geography of Knowledge Exchange: Producers, Exports, Imports, Trade Routes, and Metacognitive Metropoles Steven Brint Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
FIVE Professional Education in the University Context: Toward an Inhabited Institutional View of Socialization Tim Hallett and Matt Gougherty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
PART TWO Substantive Contributions
SIX Talking Pigs? Lessons from Elite Schooling Shamus Khan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
SEVEN What’s Up with Assessment? Richard Arum and Amanda Cook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
EIGHT College and University Campuses as Sites for Political Formation: A Cultural-Organizational Approach Amy Binder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
NINE Digital Badges and Higher Education in a New Society: A Bernsteinian Analysis Michael Olneck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
TEN Research Universities and the Global Battle for the Brains John D. Skrentny and Natalie M. Novick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
PART THREE Old Themes, New Perspectives
ELEVEN The Expansion of the “School Form” and Deepening Inequality David Karen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
TWELVE / Reopening the Black Box of Educational Disadvantage: Why We Need New Answers to Old Questions Janice Aurini and Cathlene Hillier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
THIRTEEN / Schools as Great Distractors: Why Socioeconomic-Based Achievement Gaps Persist Douglas B. Downey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	334
FOURTEEN / Race and White Supremacy in the Sociology of Education: Shifting the Intellectual Gaze John B. Diamond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
FIFTEEN / Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Processes in Education: New Approaches for New Times Natasha Kumar Warikoo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
SIXTEEN / Claim No Easy Victories: Some Notes toward a Fearless Sociology of Education Charles M. Payne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
EPILOGUE / What Next for the Sociology of Education? Mitchell L. Stevens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
INDEX OF AUTHORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
INDEX OF SUBJECTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421

Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 464
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- Other: 9 halftones, 5 tables
Keywords: 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

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Published: April 26, 2018
ISBN: 9780226517568