This comprehensive paperback introduction to sociology provides a balanced presentation of the field--e.g., social organization and the individual, social inequality, social institutions, and social environments and social change. Current studies, research, references, and data are woven throughoutas are special boxes highlighting topics of special interest: "Sociology of Media...
This comprehensive paperback introduction to sociology provides a balanced presentation of the field--e.g., social organization and the individual, social inequality, social institutions, and social environments and social change. Current studies, research, references, and data are woven throughoutas are special boxes highlighting topics of special interest: "Sociology of Media, Internet/Technology, Applying Sociology, Window on Sociology, "and "Global Society." Internet exercises direct readers to a companion website. The Process of Sociological Research. Culture. Society and Social Structure. Social Interaction and Social Networks. Socialization. Groups and Organizations. Deviance, Crime, and Social Control. Social Stratification. Social Class and Poverty in the United States. Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Age and Health in Society. Gender. The Family. Education. Religion. Power, Politics, and Government. The Economy and Work. Population and Ecology. Cities, Urbanization, and Community Change. Collective Behavior and Social Movements. Social and Cultural Change. For anyone who needs an introduction to, or refresher of, basic concepts of sociology, or a broad overview of sociological current research and data.
教育的终结
教育一直是令美国人头疼的问题。每年美国人都给教师和公立学校打很低的分,并写出一串长长的抱怨。根据1997年盖洛普民意调查,只有40%的美国人还对公立学校抱有信心这一数字比1987年下降了10个百分点,比1973年下降了近20个百分点[穆尔和萨德(Moore&Saad),1998]1996年公众提得最多的问题就是纪律松弛、缺乏财政支持、毒品和人满为患(U.S. Deparment of Education, 1997,"The Annual Gallup Poll of the Public School”)然而,教师却从另一个角度看这些问题。在199年至1994年度,他们认为最严重的问题包括:学生并没有准备好去学习,缺乏家长的支持学生的冷漠、贫困,以及学生对老师的不敬等 (U.S. Deparment of Education, 1997, "Schools and Staffing Survey")。
作为对这些关注的回应,教育工作者提出一些解决办法来解决教学手段问题[博斯曼(),1995]。有些人建议我们应当将学校私有化。有些人认为国家的评估标准还是必需的。有些人在考虑如何教阅读的问题,而有些人则在考虑应该怎样运用电脑的问题。按照尼尔·博斯曼的观点,所有这些可能的解决办法有一个共同点,即它们都没能解决学校的目的问题。因此它们都不能解决问题。
在博斯曼的《教育的终结》(The End of Education)一书中,他提出,学校缺乏那种共享的叙事故事来激励学生学习(1995)。过去有一些很著名的美国叙事故事,包括关于民主的故事。在一些外国人的眼中,托克维尔(Alexis de Tocqueville)说民主是“公众参与的基本原则”,米达尔(Gunnar Myrdal)认为民主是“美国人的信条”。博斯曼自己认为杰斐逊(Thomas Jefferson)是民主的... (查看原文)
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