Robert Bickel
Biographic Data
| ID | 4369798 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Bickel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Bickel |
| SIGNATURE | BICKEL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Marshall University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Peter Berger on Modernization and Modernity
With particular attention to his work on modernization and modernity as construed by a sociologist of knowledge, this book offers a sympathetic exposition and evaluation of Peter Berger’s work as one of the world’s most accomplished and influential sociologists. In the context of an examination of Berger’s ongoing work on the social construction of reality, styles of consciousness, the role of science-based technology, pluralism, and other pertin…
Classical Social Theory in Use
This book provides an introduction to classical social theory through discussion, application, and synthesis of the work of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and George Herbert Mead. Rather than merely summarizing and evaluating their continuing influence, their ideas and ways of reasoning are applied in thoroughly developed fashion to contemporary issues and historical events of enduring importance. In the process, contributions of these three very dif…
Poor, Rural Neighborhoods and Early School Achievement
School consolidation and the search for economies of scale are threatening to render the neighborhood school obsolete. Nevertheless, students and their families do live in neighborhoods. Consequently, education researchers have asked if there are neighborhood-based advantages and disadvantages which influence student achievement. Research has yielded conflicting results. This may be due to failure to properly define and measure neighborhood, ackn…
Comparing public and private high schools using three SAT data sets
Opportunity and high school completion
Post-High School Opportunities and High School Completion Rates in an Appalachian State
Post-High School Prospects and District-Level Dropout Rates
Achievement and Social Ascription
Public schools, private schools, and the common school ideal
Teaching by Exemplar
The social circumstances of illiteracy
The Social Creation of School Dropouts
The Social Creation of School Dropouts
Post-High School Prospects and District-Level Dropout Rates
Post-High School Opportunities and High School Completion Rates in an Appalachian State
The social circumstances of illiteracy
Public schools, private schools, and the common school ideal
Poor, Rural Neighborhoods and Early School Achievement
School consolidation and the search for economies of scale are threatening to render the neighborhood school obsolete. Nevertheless, students and their families do live in neighborhoods. Consequently, education researchers have asked if there are neighborhood-based advantages and disadvantages which influence student achievement. Research has yielded conflicting results. This may be due to failure to properly define and measure neighborhood, ackn…
Comparing public and private high schools using three SAT data sets
Achievement and Social Ascription
Teaching by Exemplar
The social circumstances of illiteracy
The Social Creation of School Dropouts
Public schools, private schools, and the common school ideal
Achievement and Social Ascription
Post-High School Prospects and District-Level Dropout Rates
Opportunity and high school completion
Post-High School Opportunities and High School Completion Rates in an Appalachian State
Comparing public and private high schools using three SAT data sets
Poor, Rural Neighborhoods and Early School Achievement
School consolidation and the search for economies of scale are threatening to render the neighborhood school obsolete. Nevertheless, students and their families do live in neighborhoods. Consequently, education researchers have asked if there are neighborhood-based advantages and disadvantages which influence student achievement. Research has yielded conflicting results. This may be due to failure to properly define and measure neighborhood, ackn…
Classical Social Theory in Use
This book provides an introduction to classical social theory through discussion, application, and synthesis of the work of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and George Herbert Mead. Rather than merely summarizing and evaluating their continuing influence, their ideas and ways of reasoning are applied in thoroughly developed fashion to contemporary issues and historical events of enduring importance. In the process, contributions of these three very dif…
Peter Berger on Modernization and Modernity
With particular attention to his work on modernization and modernity as construed by a sociologist of knowledge, this book offers a sympathetic exposition and evaluation of Peter Berger’s work as one of the world’s most accomplished and influential sociologists. In the context of an examination of Berger’s ongoing work on the social construction of reality, styles of consciousness, the role of science-based technology, pluralism, and other pertin…
Sociology (11 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Mathematics education (8 works) · School Choice and Performance (8 works) · Political science (5 works) · Academic achievement (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works)