Education and Society: An Introduction to Key Issues in the Sociology of Education - Softcover

Drawing on current scholarship, Education and Society takes students on a journey through the many roles that education plays in contemporary societies. Addressing students' own experience of education before expanding to larger sociological conversations, Education and Society helps readers understand and engage with such topics as peer groups, gender and identity, social class, the racialization of achievement, the treatment of immigrant children, special education, school choice, accountability, discipline, global perspectives, and schooling as a social institution. The book prompts students to evaluate how schools organize our society and how society organizes our schools. Moving from students to schooling to social forces, Education and Society provides a lively and engaging introduction to theory and research and will serve as a cornerstone for courses such as sociology of education, foundations of education, critical issues in education, and school and society.

“A wonderful resource for getting an overview of the state of the field of the sociology of education. Experts in subareas in the field synthesize the state of the research, summarizing what we know and what future researchers could learn.”—Kimberly Goyette, author of Education in America
 
“This well-written text offers deep insights into the structure and impact of modern schooling across the educational pipeline.”—Daniel Davis, author of Contingent Academic Labor: Evaluating Conditions to Improve Student Outcomes