School and Society (Thinking About Education Series)

By Walter Feinberg and Walter; Soltis Jonas F. Feinberg

Book Overview

This widely used text has been expanded to include the most important issues in contemporary schooling.

The Third Edition features new sections on:

The postmodern move beyond functionalism and MarxismFoucault on knowledge, power, sexuality, and dominationFeminism as a form of conflict theory

School and Society, Third Edition uses realistic case studies, dialogues, and open-ended questions designed to stimulate thinking about problems related to school and society, including curriculum reform, social justice, and competing forms of research. Written in a style that speaks directly to today's educator, this book tackles such crucial questions as: Do schools socialize students to become productive workers? (bullet) Does schooling reproduce social class and pass on ethnic and gender biases? (bullet) Can a teacher avoid passing on dominant social and cultural values? (bullet) What besides subjects do students really learn in schools?

School and Society is one of the five books in the highly regarded Teachers College Press series, Thinking About Education, now in its Third Edition. All of the books in this series are designed to help preservice and in-service teachers bridge the gap between theory and practice.

Educational Theory says...

"(This series) does a masterful job of bringing together the basic issues and teaching methods that should frame social and philosophical foundations curricula."

reviewing the first edition

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807738026
• ISBN13: 9780807738023
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Had a Good Professor

I read this as part of a Sociology of Education class. We had some great discussion and the professor really made us internalize the material. Not easy reading on its own, but I do have a basic understanding of Sociology and how it relates to schools.