附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155).
Part I: The relation of school to society. What this book is about -- Part II: Schooling as socialization and progress. The functionalist perspective on schooling -- Functional theory, policy, and problems -- Part III: Schooling as legitimation and reproduction. Marxist theory and education -- The hidden curriculum revised -- Part IV: Interpretation and the social function of schooling. The interpetivist point of view -- Meaning and messages;schooling and socialization -- Part V: Cases and disputes.