William G. Tierney & Suneal Kolluri 
Relational Sociology and Research on Schools, Colleges, and Universities [EPUB ebook] 

Relational sociology was conceived by theorists frustrated by what they viewed as an incomplete accounting of social reality. Torn between notions of structural rigidity, on the one hand, and rational choice individualism, on the other, relational sociologists have sought new units of analysis. Social reality, they have argued, is manufactured through relationships. People are who they are, and society is what it is, not because of some individual or collective ‚essence‘ but because of the networks that social beings build among one another.




Relational Sociology and Research on Schools, Colleges, and Universities demonstrates the value of introducing new relational methods and epistemologies in educational research. The contributors examine the roles and significance of ongoing transactions among connected social actors—students, peers, families, teachers—in a variety of institutional contexts. The book explores various uses and applications of relational sociology in education, while highlighting its promise to provide fresh insight into intractable problems of inequity in US schools.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations and Tables

Acknowledgments



Introduction: Education, Equity, and the Promise of Seeing Relationally


Suneal Kolluri and William G. Tierney



1. Toward a Relational Sociology of Education


Suneal Kolluri and William G. Tierney



2. Embedding Networks in Fields: Toward an Expanded Model of Relational Analysis in Education


Joseph J. Ferrare



3. Which Truths Shall We Speak to Power? Relational Sociology in Qualitative Research on Educational Stratification


Julie R. Posselt



4. Relational Sociology and Race Relations: Pushing the Conversation in Higher Education


Antar A. Tichavakunda



5. Reconsidering the Role of College Advisors as Key Relationship Brokers in High School Networks


Hoori S. Kalamkarian, anthony lising antonio, Tamara Gilkes Borr, and Jesse Foster



6. Why Study with Friends? A Relational Analysis of Students‘ Strategies to Integrate Social and Academic Life


Janice Mc Cabe



7. What Can Relational Sociology Reveal about College Writing and Remediation?


Michael Lanford



Contributors

Index

Über den Autor

William G. Tierney is University Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California. His many books include
Diversifying Digital Learning: Online Literacy and Educational Opportunity (coedited with Zoë B. Corwin and Amanda Ochsner);
The Problem of College Readiness (coedited with Julia C. Duncheon), also published by SUNY Press; and
Rethinking Education and Poverty.
Suneal Kolluri is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Riverside. He received his Ph D in Urban Education and Sociology from the University of Southern California.