- - Charles Bidwell - -
-- - Charles Edward Bidwell - - (born 1932, died 2016, in Chicago, USA) was a - - sociologist - - and the William Claude Reavis Professor Emeritus at the - - University of Chicago - - . He is best known for his contributions to the - - sociology of education - - . His research topics included the formal and informal organization of schools, the role of schools in society and how their role has changed over time. Bidwell was editor of the - - American Journal of Sociology - - , the - - Sociology of Education - - and the - - American Journal of Education - - . In 2007, he received the Willard Waller Award in recognition of his career of distinguished scholarship. -
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- - "The Collegial Focus and Student Achievement: Consequences of High School Faculty Social Organization for Students . Achievement in Mathematics and Science," Sociology of Education 74 (July, 2001):181-209. (With Jeffrey Yasumoto and Kazuaki Uekawa) - -
- - "School as Context and Construction: A Social Psychological Approach to the Study of Schooling." In Handbook of the Sociology of Education, ed. Maureen T. Hallinan. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2000. - -
- - Structuring in Organizations: Ecosystem Theory Evaluated. Greenwich CT and London, England: JAI Press, 1988. (With - - John D. Kasarda - - ) - -
- - "The Sociology of Education" in Neil J. Smelser (ed.) Handbook of Sociology, Beverly Hills, Ca. Sage Publishing Co, 1988, pp. 449–471. (With Noah Friedkin) - -
- - The Organization and its Ecosystem: A Theory of Structuring in Organizations. Greenwich, Conn. and London, England: JAI Press, 1985. (With - - John D. Kasarda - - ) - -
- - "The School as a Formal Organization." In Handbook of Organizations, ed. James G. March. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1965. - -
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