Caroline Hodges Persell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3686361 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Hodges Persell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline Hodges |
| FAMILY NAME | Persell |
| SIGNATURE | PERSELL C H |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 43 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 164 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 43 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
How Sociological Leaders Rank Learning Goals for Introductory Sociology
In 2001, the American Sociological Association launched a task force to articulate learning goals for an introduction to sociology course and design an advanced high school sociology curriculum that could also be a model for introductory sociology courses in colleges and universities. This research note describes one of several efforts to validate the learning goals developed by that ASA task force, by asking a sample of peer-designated sociologi…
How Sociological Leaders Teach
This paper arose from a larger study designed to explore what leaders in the field of sociology think are the most important goals and principles for students to understand after taking a college-level introductory course and how they teach those principles. A population of scholarly leaders in sociology was defined by various forms of peer recognition and included elected presidents of national and regional professional associations, recipients …
Schools Betrayed
What Should Students Understand After Taking Introduction to Sociology
Sociologists have long reflected on what should be taught in sociology. In recent years, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has produced several important publications on key principles and learning goals for the introductory course. However, little current work has systematically examined what peer-recognized leaders in the field deem important for introductory sociology. This paper is an effort to fill this research gap. Our resear…
Focused Online Discussions, Moments of Difficulty, and Student Understanding
How might computing technologies be used to help address critical problems in the teaching of sociology and other disciplines? This article discusses a qualitative case study designed to illuminate this question. It examines how a very simple computing technology, namely online discussion groups, was designed and structured to address certain pedagogical problems. Qualitative analysis of student postings and observations of the process reveals th…
Using Focused Web-Based Discussions to Enhance Student Engagement and Deep Understanding
To increase student engagement and enhance critical thinking and deep understanding, I supplemented weekly seminar meetings with focused Web-based discussions of issues in a “Race and Education” senior sociology seminar. These Web-based discussions were structured by specific questions and discussion roles. Before seminar, Staters posted on the course Web site the most important thing they learned from a reading, describing what was most difficul…
Beyond College for All
Digital Technologies and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Denzel E. Benson, Wava Haney, Tracy E. Ore, Caroline Hodges Persell, Aileen Schulte, James Steele, Idee Winfield, Digital Technologies and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Sociology, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr., 2002), pp. 140-157
Pensionnats d'élite
Elite boarding-schools. Ethnography of one kind of power transmission. Having gone to a private boarding-school, or prep-school as they are known, in the United States has always been an excellent path to a job as a decision-maker. Although these institutions account for less than 1 % of all highschool enrollment, they turn out a disproportionately high number of outstanding figures in the world of business, politics and culture. Traditional and …
Dilemmas of achievement
Teaching Sociology of Education
Investigating the Social World
Distinction and Destiny
Robin M. Williams Lecture, 1994
Using and Evaluating Isee, a New Computer Program for Teaching Sampling and Statistical Inference
Ganka Dimitrova, Caroline Hodges Persell, Richard Maisel, Using and Evaluating ISEE, a New Computer Program for Teaching Sampling and Statistical Inference, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct., 1993), pp. 341-351
Developing theIsee instructional software for sampling and statistical inference
Family Background, School Type, and College Attendance
Using the national High School and Beyond (HSB) data set and a national sample of elite private boarding school adolescents, this article compares public, Catholic, elite boarding, and other elite private schools with respect to characteristics of the families whose children attend; features of access and control; educational, teacher, and pedagogical characteristics; and college aspirations and attendance patterns of their graduates. The college…
The Diverted Dream
Bringing PCs into Introductory Sociology Courses
Can microcomputers enhance the goals of teaching and learning in sociology? This paper attempts to answer this question. Aiming primarily at nonusers, the author first outlines the negatives and positives of using PCs. Negatives include expense, hassle, and uncertainty. The positives arise from the functional strengths of PCs and from the fact that they are interactive, customizable, efficient, and open-ended. Next the author describes her experi…
Differential Asset Conversion
Caroline Hodges Persell, Sophia Catsambis, Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Differential Asset Conversion: Class and Gendered Pathways to Selective Colleges, Sociology of Education, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1992), pp. 208-225
Educated in Romance
Race and Class in America's Elite Preparatory Boarding Schools
Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Caroline Hodges Persell, Race and Class in America's Elite Preparatory Boarding Schools: African Americans as the "Outsiders Within", The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 60, No. 2 (Spring, 1991), pp. 219-228
"Why Have so Many People Extended Berger's "Invitation
Given Peter Berger's frequent use of religious examples in Invitation to Sociology, Kevin Christiano's religious imagery in Twentyfive Years of RSVPs is subtle and apt. However, an unexplained conundrum emerges from his paper. Christiano describes how Invitation was not critically acclaimed, how it is deficient in substance, and how his students fail to give it high marks. But he also reports that Invitation sold about 670,000 copies in the first…
Teaching the Sociology of Education
Understanding society
Digital Technologies and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Denzel E. Benson, Wava Haney, Tracy E. Ore, Caroline Hodges Persell, Aileen Schulte, James Steele, Idee Winfield, Digital Technologies and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Sociology, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr., 2002), pp. 140-157
Chartering and Bartering
The transmission of privilege is central to the reproduction of an elite class. There has been recurrent speculation about elite school influence within the structure of educational opportunity, but few researchers have had access to these schools. Based on interviews and observations at 42 private boarding schools, and on student questionnaires and school records from a sample of these schools, we find that elite boarding schools confer special …
How Sociological Leaders Rank Learning Goals for Introductory Sociology
In 2001, the American Sociological Association launched a task force to articulate learning goals for an introduction to sociology course and design an advanced high school sociology curriculum that could also be a model for introductory sociology courses in colleges and universities. This research note describes one of several efforts to validate the learning goals developed by that ASA task force, by asking a sample of peer-designated sociologi…
What Should Students Understand After Taking Introduction to Sociology
Sociologists have long reflected on what should be taught in sociology. In recent years, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has produced several important publications on key principles and learning goals for the introductory course. However, little current work has systematically examined what peer-recognized leaders in the field deem important for introductory sociology. This paper is an effort to fill this research gap. Our resear…
Using Focused Web-Based Discussions to Enhance Student Engagement and Deep Understanding
To increase student engagement and enhance critical thinking and deep understanding, I supplemented weekly seminar meetings with focused Web-based discussions of issues in a “Race and Education” senior sociology seminar. These Web-based discussions were structured by specific questions and discussion roles. Before seminar, Staters posted on the course Web site the most important thing they learned from a reading, describing what was most difficul…
Differential Asset Conversion
Caroline Hodges Persell, Sophia Catsambis, Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Differential Asset Conversion: Class and Gendered Pathways to Selective Colleges, Sociology of Education, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Jul., 1992), pp. 208-225
Race and Class in America's Elite Preparatory Boarding Schools
Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Caroline Hodges Persell, Race and Class in America's Elite Preparatory Boarding Schools: African Americans as the "Outsiders Within", The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 60, No. 2 (Spring, 1991), pp. 219-228
How Sociological Leaders Teach
This paper arose from a larger study designed to explore what leaders in the field of sociology think are the most important goals and principles for students to understand after taking a college-level introductory course and how they teach those principles. A population of scholarly leaders in sociology was defined by various forms of peer recognition and included elected presidents of national and regional professional associations, recipients …
Bringing PCs into Introductory Sociology Courses
Can microcomputers enhance the goals of teaching and learning in sociology? This paper attempts to answer this question. Aiming primarily at nonusers, the author first outlines the negatives and positives of using PCs. Negatives include expense, hassle, and uncertainty. The positives arise from the functional strengths of PCs and from the fact that they are interactive, customizable, efficient, and open-ended. Next the author describes her experi…
Understanding Society
Microcomputers and Elite Boarding Schools
Caroline Hodges Persell, Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Microcomputers and Elite Boarding Schools: Educational Innovation and Social Reproduction, Sociology of Education, Vol. 60, No. 2 (Apr., 1987), pp. 123-134
Family Background, School Type, and College Attendance
Using the national High School and Beyond (HSB) data set and a national sample of elite private boarding school adolescents, this article compares public, Catholic, elite boarding, and other elite private schools with respect to characteristics of the families whose children attend; features of access and control; educational, teacher, and pedagogical characteristics; and college aspirations and attendance patterns of their graduates. The college…
Gender, Rewards and Research in Education
Under the “merit” ideology of academic research, the criteria for academic rewards are quality and quantity of research publications. Do men and women receive equal rewards for equal performance in educational and social research? This question is addressed with a sample of 901 authors of research on education, 14% of whom were women. Gross differences emerge between men and women regarding levels of income. Lesser differences appear in research …
Pensionnats d'élite
Elite boarding-schools. Ethnography of one kind of power transmission. Having gone to a private boarding-school, or prep-school as they are known, in the United States has always been an excellent path to a job as a decision-maker. Although these institutions account for less than 1 % of all highschool enrollment, they turn out a disproportionately high number of outstanding figures in the world of business, politics and culture. Traditional and …
Dilemmas of achievement
Investigating the Social World
Using and Evaluating Isee, a New Computer Program for Teaching Sampling and Statistical Inference
Ganka Dimitrova, Caroline Hodges Persell, Richard Maisel, Using and Evaluating ISEE, a New Computer Program for Teaching Sampling and Statistical Inference, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct., 1993), pp. 341-351
Reflections on Sociology Textbooks by a Teacher, Scholar, and Author
I am pleased to respond to the comments about textbooks made here by two distinguished sociology editors. Their observations raise a number of significant issues, but in this reply I will focus on areas where I disagree with one or both of them. In my view, textbooks are neither as clonelike nor as impervious to innovation as editors Fullerton and Graham suggest. At the same time, I will argue that introductory textbooks should not be the major s…
An Interview with Robert K. Merton
The theoretical ideas of Robert K. Merton have had a major influence in such substantive areas of sociology as stratification, deviance, and delinquency, status and role analysis, education, medical sociology, sociology of science, and knowledge. In addition to his scholarly renown, Merton has the reputation of being an excellent teacher, and one whose scholarly work enhances rather than detracts from his teaching. Indeed, he might be said to epi…
Focused Online Discussions, Moments of Difficulty, and Student Understanding
How might computing technologies be used to help address critical problems in the teaching of sociology and other disciplines? This article discusses a qualitative case study designed to illuminate this question. It examines how a very simple computing technology, namely online discussion groups, was designed and structured to address certain pedagogical problems. Qualitative analysis of student postings and observations of the process reveals th…
Distinction and Destiny
Robin M. Williams Lecture, 1994
Science as a Cultural Process
The Sociology of Education
Open Admissions at City University of New York
Education and Inequality
Education and Inequality
Sex education from 1900 to 1920
Genetic and Cultural Deficit Theories
School and the Social Order
Inequality in an Age of Decline.Paul Blumberg
Gender, Rewards and Research in Education
Under the “merit” ideology of academic research, the criteria for academic rewards are quality and quantity of research publications. Do men and women receive equal rewards for equal performance in educational and social research? This question is addressed with a sample of 901 authors of research on education, 14% of whom were women. Gross differences emerge between men and women regarding levels of income. Lesser differences appear in research …
An Interview with Robert K. Merton
The theoretical ideas of Robert K. Merton have had a major influence in such substantive areas of sociology as stratification, deviance, and delinquency, status and role analysis, education, medical sociology, sociology of science, and knowledge. In addition to his scholarly renown, Merton has the reputation of being an excellent teacher, and one whose scholarly work enhances rather than detracts from his teaching. Indeed, he might be said to epi…
Leadership Training in Elite American Boarding Schools
Power without authority is fragile; to be effective, leaders must appear to deserve their positions. This sense of legitimacy is the most important end product of going through Prep school. This sense of legitimacy is magnified by the sense of collective identity that Prep schools generate among their students, and much of the bonding process essential to upper‐class solidarity begins in this institution. This is the social glove that holds toget…
Chartering and Bartering
The transmission of privilege is central to the reproduction of an elite class. There has been recurrent speculation about elite school influence within the structure of educational opportunity, but few researchers have had access to these schools. Based on interviews and observations at 42 private boarding schools, and on student questionnaires and school records from a sample of these schools, we find that elite boarding schools confer special …
Understanding Society
Preparing for Power
Microcomputers and Elite Boarding Schools
Caroline Hodges Persell, Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Microcomputers and Elite Boarding Schools: Educational Innovation and Social Reproduction, Sociology of Education, Vol. 60, No. 2 (Apr., 1987), pp. 123-134
Reflections on Sociology Textbooks by a Teacher, Scholar, and Author
I am pleased to respond to the comments about textbooks made here by two distinguished sociology editors. Their observations raise a number of significant issues, but in this reply I will focus on areas where I disagree with one or both of them. In my view, textbooks are neither as clonelike nor as impervious to innovation as editors Fullerton and Graham suggest. At the same time, I will argue that introductory textbooks should not be the major s…
"Why Have so Many People Extended Berger's "Invitation
Given Peter Berger's frequent use of religious examples in Invitation to Sociology, Kevin Christiano's religious imagery in Twentyfive Years of RSVPs is subtle and apt. However, an unexplained conundrum emerges from his paper. Christiano describes how Invitation was not critically acclaimed, how it is deficient in substance, and how his students fail to give it high marks. But he also reports that Invitation sold about 670,000 copies in the first…
Teaching the Sociology of Education
Understanding society
Knowledgeable Women
Educated in Romance
Race and Class in America's Elite Preparatory Boarding Schools
Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Caroline Hodges Persell, Race and Class in America's Elite Preparatory Boarding Schools: African Americans as the "Outsiders Within", The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 60, No. 2 (Spring, 1991), pp. 219-228
Family Background, School Type, and College Attendance
Using the national High School and Beyond (HSB) data set and a national sample of elite private boarding school adolescents, this article compares public, Catholic, elite boarding, and other elite private schools with respect to characteristics of the families whose children attend; features of access and control; educational, teacher, and pedagogical characteristics; and college aspirations and attendance patterns of their graduates. The college…
The Diverted Dream
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