On What Is Learned in School (Paperback)

More concerned with advancing a theoretical argument than marshalling evidence on the sociology of learning, this text explores the role of the school as an agent of socialization within the context of a larger network of institutions. He argues that schooling provides the linkage between the family life of children and the public life of adults. If we expect schools to train children to join the polity, we must examine the normative situations that arise out of the structural properties of schools. First published in 1968. The new edition contains a new prologue by the author that places the text into the context of education sociology that preceded and followed. Percheron Press is the reprint imprint of Eliot Werner Publications Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)