The Structure of Schooling: Readings in the Sociology of Education

Gain insights from the leading sociologists of education

The Structure of Schooling by Richard Arum, Irenee R. Beattie, and Karly Ford draws from classic and contemporary scholarship to examine current issues and diverse theoretical approaches to studying the effects of schooling on individuals and society. The Fourth Edition of this comprehensive reader covers a wide range of critical topics on schools and education, including the development and application of social and cultural capital; the effects of racial segregation and resource inequality on student outcomes; the role of gender, class, and race in structuring educational opportunity; the effects schooling has on life course outcomes; the significance of a school′s institutional environment; youth and digital innovation; and the sociology of school reform movements.


Author: Richard Arum
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 05/12/2020
Pages: 688
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781506348742

About the Author
Arum, Richard: - Richard Arum has recently served as Professor of Sociology and Education at New York University; Program Director of Education Research at the Social Science Research Council; and Senior Fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His past work with various co-authors includes Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates (University of Chicago Press, 2014); Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses (University of Chicago Press, 2011); Judging School Discipline: The Crisis of Moral Authority (Harvard University Press, 2003); Stratification in Higher Education: A Comparative Study (Stanford University Press, 2007); and Improving Learning Environments: School Discipline and Student Achievement in Comparative Perspective (Stanford University Press, 2012).Beattie, Irenee R.: - Irenee Beattie is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of California, Merced. Her research examines racial/ethnic, gender, and class inequalities in adolescent transitions to adulthood as well as how families, high schools, and colleges can foster beneficial social capital among underrepresented college student populations. Her research has been funded by the American Educational Research Association and the Hellman Faculty Fellows Fund. She has published in various outlets such as Sociology of Education, Youth & Society, and Harvard University Press.Ford, Karly S.: - Karly Ford is an Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania State University. Her research focuses on the relationship between education and social stratification. She received a Masters of Education in International Education Policy from Harvard University in 2007 and a Ph.D. in Sociology of Education from New York University in 2014. Ford′s research interests are Higher Education, Sociology of Education, International Comparative Education, Institutional Variation, and Educational Assessment.