Practicing Sociology: Selected Fields

Chronicling the revitalization of the field of applied sociology, Dentler offers an interpretive history of how the field has evolved over the years, how it was transplanted from Europe into the U.S., how and why it declined during the latter years of the 20th century, and its recent rebound. Providing a conceptual and historical framework for the practice of applied sociology, this work profiles a variety of practicing sociologists and offers case studies in the fields of education, organizational development, work and labor, and program evaluation. Students, faculty, and practicing sociologists who wish to better understand the foundations and growth of applied sociology as well as the ways in which they can unify the field around the theoretical resources of symbolic interactionism and its offshoots in participation and client empowerment will find what they need in this accessible and unique text.
^IPracticing Sociology^R will instruct faculty and students in the history, traditions, and future prospects of both applied sociology and sociological practice, the social engineering subfields of the more general field of sociology. Degree programs at both the M.A. and B.S. levels continue to spring up at colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and in many countries around the world. This is the first text aimed at the students of these programs, who are preparing to enter such fields as program evaluation, educational planning and program management, organizational development, and labor relations. It is designed to prepare students for careers in applied sociology while providing them with a thorough discussion of the foundations of the field.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Dentler, Robert A.

Psychology & Counseling

Praeger

Teachers and school administrators in American public schools are working hard to find ways to host the children of immigrants and newly arriving ethnic minorities. In Hosting Newcomers: Structuring Educational Opportunities for Immigrant Children, Robert Dentler and Anne Hafner offer practical solutions to help schools improve both the quality of learning opportunities and the well-being of these newcomers. Drawing from a sociological study of 11 metropolitan school districts, the authors provide case examples highlighting successful and unsuccessful practices, demonstrating both avoidance errors and effective, cost-efficient ways for school boards, superintendents, and other educational leaders to dramatically improve the education of ethnic and language minority children. This book will be an excellent supplemental text in courses in educational foundations, sociology of education, multicultural education, bilingual education, and educational planning. Its insightful and informative coverage of this timely topic make it vitally important reading for educational policy makers; state, district, and school administrators; and educational researchers in sociology, public policy and administration, school effectiveness, cultural diversity, and second language acquisition.

Hosting Newcomers: Structuring Educational Opportunities for Immigrant Children (Sociology of Education)

Politics & Social Sciences

Hafner, Anne L.

Social Sciences

Teachers College Pr

Schools on trial: An inside account of the Boston desegregation case

Abt Books

Big City Dropouts and Illiterates (Praeger Special Studies in US Economic and Social development)

Warshauer, Mary Ellen

Frederick A. Praeger

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