{"product_id":"9780807771211-1","title":"School and Society, 5th Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis widely used text has been expanded to include the most important issues in contemporary schooling, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul type=\"\" disc\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew end-of-chapter sections for Further Reading.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew references added to the useful Additional Resources section.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool and Society, Fifth Edition\u003c\/em\u003euses 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? • Does schooling reproduce social class and pass on ethnic and gender biases? • Can a teacher avoid passing on dominant social and cultural values? • What besides subjects do students really learn in schools?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool and Society\u003c\/em\u003eis one of the five books in the highly regarded Teachers College Press\u003cem\u003eThinking About Education Series\u003c\/em\u003e, now in its Fifth Edition. All of the books in this series are designed to help pre- and in-service teachers bridge the gap between theory and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Previous Editions!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I have been surprised and pleased by the relevance of this particular book to the lives and work of my beginning teachers.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eTeaching Education\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[This series] does a masterful job of bringing together the basic issues and teaching methods that should frame social and philosophical foundations curricula.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eEducational Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Feinberg\u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Educational Policy Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.\u003cstrong\u003eJonas F. Soltis\u003c\/strong\u003eis William Heard Kilpatrick Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47186523521264,"sku":"9780807771211","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807771211_p0.jpg?v=1763727115","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807771211-1","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}