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Social Capital and Education

This section deals with the complex relationship between social capital and education. Collected works address topics like:
• The social determinants of schooling and of human capital's accumulation
• The influence of social capital on school attainment
• The role of education in the creation of social capital
• The challenges of multiculturalism to education systems

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Essential Readings

• Becker, G. (1975), Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, New York, Columbia University Press.

• Benabou, R. (1993), Workings of a City: Location, Education, and Production, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 108, (1993), 619-652.

• Benabou, R. (1996), Equity and Efficiency in Human Capital Investment: The Local Connection, Review of Economic Studies, 62, (1996), 237-264.

• Benabou, R. (1996), Heterogeneity, Stratification and Growth: Macroeconomic Implications of Community Structure and School Finance, American Economic Review, 86 (1996) 584-609.

• Coleman, J. (1988), Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital, American Journal of Sociology 94, pp. 95-120.

• Field, J. (2003), Civic engagement and lifelong learning: Survey findings on social capital and attitudes towards learning, Studies in the Education of Adults, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 142-156(15).

• Field, J. (2005), Social capital and lifelong learning, The Policy Press, Bristol, UK.

• Gradstein, M., Justman, M. (2002), Education, Social Cohesion and Economic Growth, The American Economic Review, 1 September 2002, vol. 92, no. 4, pp. 1192-1204(13). Click here for a full previous version.

• Leung, A. (2004), Delinquency, schooling, and work: time allocation decision of youth, Applied Economics, Vol. 36, No. 9, 987-993.

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Further Readings

• Agricultural M.J. (2005), Family Contributions to Self Help Schooling in Malawi and Kenya, Rural Sociology, January 2005, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 70-93(24).

• Arps, S. (2005), Prolonging inequality? Education in Germany after unification, Journal of Education Policy, Vol. 20, No. 2, 159-187.

• Bankston, C.L. (2004), Social Capital, Cultural Values, Immigration, and Academic Achievement: The Host Country Context and Contradictory Consequences, Sociology of Education, 1 April 2004, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 176-179(4).

• Bjørnskov, C. (2004), Social Trust and the Growth of Schooling, Paper presented at the CRISS First Annual Young Economists Workshop, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Faculty of Economics, 31 May, 1 June.

• Bostrom, A.K. (2003), Lifelong Learning, Intergenerational Learning, and Social Capital. From Theory To Practice, Institute of International Education, Stockholm University.

• Buchel, F., Duncan, G. (1998), Do Parents' Social Activities Promote Children's School Attainments? Evidence from the German Socioeconomic Panel, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 60, 95-108.

• Crosnoe, R. (2004), Social Capital and the Interplay of Families and Schools, Journal of Marriage and Family, May 2004, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 267-280(14).

• Ecclestone, K. (2004), Learning in a comfort zone: cultural and social capital inside an outcome-based assessment regime, Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, Vol. 11, No. 1, 29-47.

• Faris, R. (2004), Lifelong Learning, Social Capital and Place Management in Learning Communities and Regions: a Rubic’s Cube or a Kaleidoscope?, Hot topics paper August, 2004, Observatory Pascal, University of Stirling.

• Falk, I. (2000), Leadership in Vocational Education and Training: Developing social capital through partnerships, Paper presented at the Avetra Conference, March 2000.

• Falk, I. (2001), Sleight of Hand: Job myths, literacy and social capital, Center For Research and Learning, Australia.

• Feinstein, L., Hammond, C. (2004), The contribution of adult learning to health and social capital, Oxford Review of Education, Vol. 30, No. 2, 199-221.

• Field, J. (2003), Civic engagement and lifelong learning: Survey findings on social capital and attitudes towards learning, Studies in the Education of Adults, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 142-156(15).

• Field, J., Spence, L. (2000), Informal Learning and Social Capital, in Frank Coffield (ed.), The Importance of Informal Learning, 22–32. Bristol: Polity Press.

• Francis, B., Archer, L. (2005), British-Chinese pupils' and parents' constructions of the value of education, British Educational Research Journal, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2005, 89-108.

• Frank, K.A., Zhao, Y., Borman, K. (2004), Social Capital and the Diffusion of Innovations within Organizations: Application to the Implementation of Computer Technology in Schools, Sociology of Education, April 2004.

• Glick, J., White, M. (2000), Generation Status, Social Capital and the Routes out of High School, Sociological Forum, 15 (2000), 671-691.

• Gonzales, K.P., Stoner, C., Jovel, J.E. (2003), Examining the Role of Social Capital in Access to College for Latinas: Toward a College Opportunity Framework, Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Vol. 2, No. 2, 146-170 (2003).

• Grayson, P.J. (2004), Social dynamics, university experiences, and graduates' job outcomes, British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol. 25, No. 5, 609-627.

• Hanifan, L.J. (1916), The Rural School Community Centre, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 67, 130-38.

• Heliwell, J.F., Putnam, R.D. (1999), Education and Social Capital, NBER Working Papers No. 7121.

• Hill, N.E., Taylor, L.C. (2004), Parental School Involvement and Children's Academic Achievement, Current Directions in Psychological Science, Vol. 13, Issue 4, p. 161.

• Hung, C.L., Marjoribanks, K. (2005), Parents, teachers and children's school outcomes: a Taiwanese study, Educational Studies, Vol. 31, No. 1, 3-13.

• Hunter, L. (2004), Bourdieu and the social space of the PE class: reproduction of Doxa through practice, Sport, Education and Society, July 2004, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 175-192(18).

• Husa, S., Kinos, J. (2005), Academisation of Early Childhood Education, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, April 2005, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 133-151(19).

• Israel, G., Beaulieu, L. (1995), Influence of Social Capital on Public High School Dropouts: Re-examining the Rural-Urban Context, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Washington, D.C.

• Jensen, B., Seltzer, A. (2000), Neighbourhood and Family Effects in Educational Progress, The Australian Economic Review, March 2000, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 17-31(15).

• Kaufman, G., White, M. (1997), Language Usage, Social Capital, and School Completion among Immigrants and Native-Born Ethnic Groups, Social Science Quarterly, 78(June 1997), 385-398.

• Kilpatrick, S. (2002), Learning and Building Social Capital in a Community of Family Farm Businesses, University of Tasmania, Centre for Research & Learning, Discussion Paper D1/2002.

• Kilpatrick, S., Field, J., Falk, I. (2003), Social Capital: an analytical tool for exploring lifelong learning and community development, British Educational Research Journal, Volume 29, Number 3 / June 2003.

• Kliminski, G., Smith, E.C. (2004), Community Education and Social Capital, Community Education Journal, Vol. XXVII, No. 3/4.

• Leipziger, D., Kharas, H., Horn, R., Gupta, V. (1997), An Institutional Approach to the Promotion of Education Service in Brazil, Development Economics, 1997.

• Lopez, M.L., Kreider, H., Coffman, J. (2005), Intermediary Organizations as Capacity Builders in Family Educational Involvement, Urban Education, Vol. 40, No. 1, 78-105.

• Meier, A. (1999), Family Social Capital and School Achievement among Adolescents, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, CDE Working Paper No. 99-18.

• Monkman, C., Ronald, M., Délimon Théramène, F. (2005), Social and Cultural Capital in an Urban Latino School Community, Urban Education, Vol. 40, No. 1, 4-33.

• Morgan, S.L. (1996), Trends in Black-White Differences in Educational Expectations, 1980-1992, Sociology of Education, 69:308-319.

• Morgan, S.L, Sorensen, A.B. (1999), Parental Networks, Social Closure, and Mathematics Learning: A Test of Coleman’s Social Capital Explanation of School Effects, American Sociological Review 64(5): 661-681.

• Morgan, S.L. and Sorensen, A.B. (1999), Theory, Measurement, and Specification Issues in Models of Network Effects on Learning, American Sociological Review 64:649-700.

• Morgan, S.L. (2000), Social Capital, Capital Goods, and the Production of Learning, Journal of Socio-Economics, 29:591-5.

• Munasib, A. (2004), Lifecycle of Social Networks: Relationship between Human Capital and Social Capital, and the Importance of City Size, Ohio State University, Department of Economics, Job Market Paper.

• Munn, P. (2000), Social Capital, School and Exclusion, in Baron, S. (ed), Social Capital: Critical Perspectives, Oxford, Oxford University Press.

• Noguera, P.A. (2003), Schools, Prisons, and Social Implications of Punishment: Rethinking Disciplinary Practices, Theory Into Practice, Vol. 42, No. 4, Pages 341-350.

• Noguera, P.A. (2004), Social Capital and the Education of Immigrant Students: Categories and Generalizations, Sociology of Education, 1 April 2004, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 180-183(4).

• Pajak, E., Green, A. (2003), Loosely coupled organizations, misrecognition, and social reproduction, International Journal of Leadership in Education, Vol. 6, No. 04 / October-December 2003, 393-413.

• Piazza-Georgi, B. (2002), Human and social capital in Soweto in 1999: report on a field study, Development Southern Africa, Vol. 19, No. 5, 615-639.

• Portes, A., MacLeod, D. (1998), Educating the Second Generation: Determinants of Achievement among Children of Immigrants, Princeton University, Department of Sociology.

• Reay, D. (2000), A useful extension of Bourdieu’s conceptual framework?: emotional capital as a way of understanding mothers’ involvement in their children’s education?, The Sociological Review, November 2000, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 568-585(18).

• Sandefur, G., Meier, A., Hernandez, P. (1999), Families, Social Capital and Educational Continuation, CDE Working Paper No. 99-19, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin.

• Schafer, M. (2004), Review Essay of "A Troubled Dream: The Promise and Failure of School Desegregation in Louisiana", Social Forces - Volume 82, Number 3, March 2004, pp. 1242-1244.

• Sissoko, M. (2005), Minority Enrollment Demand for Higher Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities from 1976 to 1998: An Empirical Analysis, The Journal of Higher Education - Volume 76, Number 2, March/April 2005, pp. 181-208.

• Smyth, J. (2004), Social capital and the 'socially just school', British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol. 25, No. 1, 19-33.

• Stukas, A.A., Dunlap, M.R. (2002), Community Involvement: Theoretical Approaches and Educational Initiatives, Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 58 Issue 3, Page 411 - January 2002.

• Tapia, J. (2004), Latino households and schooling: economic and sociocultural factors affecting students' learning and academic performance, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Vol. 17, No. 3, 415-436.

• Teachman, J., Paasch, K., Carver, K. (1997), Social Capital and the Generation of Human Capital, Social Forces, Vol. 75, No. 4, 1-17.

• Terrén, E. (2005), Integration doesn't mean assimilation: ethnicity, social capital and schooling, University of La Coruña, Unpublished Paper.

• Trice, A.G. (2004), Mixing It Up: International Graduate Students' Social Interactions With American Students, Journal of College Student Development, Vol. 45, No. 6, 671-687.

• Von Otter, C., Stenberg, S.A. (2005), Social Capital and Social Inequalities in Educational Attainment. Evidence from a Swedish Cohort, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Unpublished Paper.

• Wolfe, B., Haveman, R. (2001), Accounting for the Social and Non-Market Benefits of Education, in The Contribution of Human and Social Capital to Sustained Economic Growth and Well-Being, International Symposium Report edited by the OECD and HRDC.

• Yosso, T.J. (2005), Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth, Race, Ethnicity and Education, Vol. 8, No. 1, 68-91.

• Zeynep Girgin, K., Stevens, D.D. (2005), Bridging in-class participation with innovative instruction: use and implications in a Turkish university classroom, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, Vol. 42, No. 1, 93-106.

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