School and Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

by Steven E. Tozer, Guy B. Senese, Paul C. Violas

A core text for the Social Foundations course,School and Society provides an analytic framework that shows how and why certain school-society issues first arose in this country and changed over time. In its examination of the evolution of education in the United States,this book tells an engaging historical story. The text's analytical framework focuses on the political economy,the dominant ideology,and existing educational practices that are prevalent in any one historical era. Chapter 1 explains and illustrates this framework in detail. Readings at the end of each chapter,are designed for the student to critique using the same analytic framework as the authors employ in the text. This edition adds a new Chapter 15 to wrap things up and look to the future and new material on youth culture,teacher assessment tests (PRAXIS,subject area exams,portfolio assessment),recent legal issues,technology in education,parent-teacher relations,and cultural awareness and respect. In addition to a new,more open design and updated photos,the revision incorporates for the first time specific pedagogical elements designed to help students. These new pedagogical elements include Chapter Overviews,Chapter Objectives,Timelines,Developing Your Professional Vocabulary,Thinking Critically About the Issues,and Web Sites of Interest.

Genres: Education, History, Textbooks

464 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Minna]

Outdated. Perhaps decent in its hayday.

[J]

This was a required textbook for an education policy course and it was absolutely terrible. Really really bad. The authors' biases poked through at every opportunity and the filtering of information to convince the reader of a single point of view was just sickening for this type of subject. We should be presented with all the material and allowed to make our own decisions, instead it provided a very one-sided view of all the topics. Opposing views were only shared to discredit themselves. I didn't read every single chapter since there were other readings in the class, but I read enough.

[AJ Holmes]

Wow! Very informative!

This was the class text for my Sociology of Education class, whoa! There was so much I didn't know or even realize about education's effect/influence on societal norms. Also, the details and breakdowns of this book helped me to genuinely learn and appreciate the information being shared.

[Dani]

For a textbook, this was pretty good. Definitely understandable and readable. Very progressive takes.

[Derek]

By far one of the best textbooks I've ever had the pleasure of reading. It situated school within the dominant political, economic, and social trends of society. It wasn't afraid to combat the ideological hegemony of most other textbooks, provide deep and profound historical context, or to present a plethora of pedagogical issues that many teacher candidates would otherwise never face. All teacher candidates should have to grapple with this text, and with the issues it contains.

[Hemins Kapadiya]

hi i\this book i need for free reading

[Vampyre]

Typical textbook. Dry academic read.