◈ Preface to the 6th Edition 3

Part 1 Education and Society
Introduction The Sociality of Education… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 21

Chapter 1: The Development of the Sociology of Education… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 27
1.
The Development of Korean Educational Sociology 31
1) The Origins of 'Educational Sociology' _ 31
2) 'School and Community' _ 34
3) The Resurrection of 'Educational Sociology' _ 37
2.
Developments in the United States and Europe 43
1) Early days _ 43
2) Expanding sociological research on schools _ 46
3) Emergence of Research on Educational Content _ 52

Chapter 2 Competing Theories… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 61
1.
Functionalist Educational Theory 67
1) Functionalism _ 67
2) Durkheim's Explanation of Education _ 70
3) Parsons's explanation of education _ 75
4) Succession of Functional Theory _ 79
2.
Conflict Theory of Education 81
1) Conflict Theory _ 81
2) Marx's Explanation of Education _ 91
3) Bowles and Gintis's Reproduction Theory _ 93
4) Inheritance of Reproduction Theory _ 96
5) Comparison of Functional Theory and Conflict Theory _ 100
3.
Interpretive Approaches to Education 102
1) Interpretive Theory _ 102
2) Description of Education _ 106
3) Limitations of the Interpretive Approach _ 113
4.
Towards a New Theory 117

Part 2: Changes in the Education System
Chapter 3: Formation and Expansion of the Education System… … … … … … … … … … … … … … 125
1.
The Emergence of the National Education System and Its Characteristics 129
1) Modern State and National Education System _ 129
2) The nature of the national education system: universality and uniformity _ 136
2.
The School-Based Education System's Unrest 139
1) Innovation within the school system _ 139
2) Reform movement of the school-based system _ 141
3.
The Emergence of Lifelong Education 147
1) The Concept of Lifelong Education _ 147
2) Direction of lifelong education _ 150

Chapter 4: The Evolution of the Korean Education System… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 157
1.
Introduction of the Modern School System 161
1) Education before the Enlightenment Period _ 161
2) Education in the Enlightenment Period _ 164
2.
Japanese colonial period 167
1) Colonial Education _ 167
2) Educational Independence Struggle _ 170
3.
Education System under Division 173
1) Education during the US Military Government _ 174
2) Establishment and Development of the National Education System _ 175
3) Some Features and Changes _ 181
4) Educational Reform _ 186

Chapter 5: Expansion of School Education and Its Causes… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 193
1.
Expansion of school education 197
1) International Trends _ 197
2) School Expansion in Korea _ 202
2.
Reasons for the Increase in Academic Achievement 205
1) Learning Needs Theory _ 206
2) Technical Function Theory _ 211
3) Marxist Theory _ 216
4) Status Competition Theory _ 220
5) National Integration Theory _ 228
3.
Discussion 231

Part 3: The Social Function of Education
Chapter 6 Social Equality and Education… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 243
1.
Social Class and Social Mobility 247
2.
Functions of Education 252
1) Equalization Theory _ 253
2) Unequal Reproduction Theory _ 259
3) Irrelationship Theory _ 264
3.
Discussion 269

Chapter 7: Educational Equality… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 273
1.
Distribution of Educational Opportunities and Determinants 277
1) Measurement of educational opportunity distribution _ 278
2) Distribution Structure _ 283
3) Determinants of educational opportunity distribution _ 290
2.
The Development of Educational Equality Theory 294
1) Permissive Equality of Educational Opportunity _ 298
2) Guaranteed equality of educational opportunity _ 301
3) Equality of educational conditions _ 303
4) Equality of Educational Outcomes _ 304
5) Educational Equality through Social Reform _ 306
3.
Educational Equality Policy 307
1) The Phased Nature of Educational Equality Policy _ 307
2) Summary of the Debate on Social Equality in Education _ 310

Chapter 8 Educational Selection and Examination… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 315
1.
Student Flow and Selection 319
1) Student Flow 319
2) Training Stage and Selection 322
2.
Admission Selection 329
1) Elementary and secondary schools _ 329
2) University _ 332
3) Characteristics of Korean Educational Selection _ 337
3.
Test Function 345
1) The educational function of tests _ 347
2) The Social Function of Testing _ 353

Chapter 9 Academic Achievement and the Gap… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … 361
1.
Components of Academic Achievement 365
2.
Determinants of Academic Achievement 369
1) Personal factors _ 369
2) School Factors _ 371
3) Family Factors _ 373
4) Community _ 374
5) Private Education _ 376
3.
The effect of improving academic achievement in schools 380
1) Class and school size _ 381
2) School educational conditions _ 385
3) Group formation _ 387
4) Teacher Abilities and Activities _ 389
5) School Culture _ 391
4.
Academic Achievement Gaps and Their Causes 393
1) Intelligence _ 394
2) Family background _ 396
3) Region _ 399
4) Gender Gap _ 402

Chapter 10 The Social Nature of the Curriculum… … … … … … … … … … … … … … 407
1.
Curriculum Sociology 411
2.
Socialization and Standard Curriculum Theory 417
1) Socialization function _ 417
2) Economic system maintenance function _ 421
3.
Dominance Structure and Reproduction Theory 424
1) Dominant Culture _ 424
2) Cultural Imperialism _ 429
3) Reproduction Theory _ 432
4.
Cultural Conflict and Post-Reproduction Theory 439
1) Resistance Theory _ 441
2) Relative Autonomy Theory _ 446

Part 4: Challenges and Prospects of Educational Sociology
Chapter 11: Expanding the Discourse of Sociology of Education… … … … … … … … … … … … … … 455
1.
Globalization 459
1) Characteristics of Globalization _ 460
2) Changes and Challenges in Education _ 462
2.
Feminism 467
1) Feminist Perspectives _ 468
2) Educational Situation and Tasks _ 473
3.
Learning Society 478
1) Expansion of lifelong learning activities _ 479
2) Changes in Learning Activity Management _ 482
3) Changes in the Education System and Society _ 487

Chapter 12: The Reality of Education and the Challenges of Pedagogy… … … … … … … … … … … … … 493
1.
Reflection and Introspection 497
1) Remnants of Colonial Education _ 497
2) Developmental Education Theory _ 507
3) The Educational Reality of Division _ 511
2.
The New Reality of Education 515
1) The Essence of Education _ 517
2) Right to Education _ 519
3) Right to learn _ 520
4) Democratization of Education: The Completion of Democracy _ 523
3.
Seeking a New Educational Paradigm 526
1) The nature of education _ 526
2) A New Paradigm in Education _ 531

◈ References 541
◈ Search 591