Howard S. Becker taught at numerous universities and authored many books, including Tricks of the Trade, Outsiders, and Art Worlds. He was editor of Social Problems and past president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems.
-Boys in White was the first major sociological study reporting the
actual educational experience had at medical school, not as it
should be or as the American Association of Medical Schools
portrayed education at medical schools. Participant observation by
Howard S. Becker and Blanche Geer provided insights that could not
be had by survey methods.- --Classic Study of Medical Education
Review -Boys in White explores and describes the students'
developing perspective toward the medical school program and
faculty, and ultimately toward the future practice of medicine as
indicated by fourth year choices in internships and residencies....
It is difficult to imagine anyone concerned with medical or even
general education who could fail to find this study bearing
directly on some of his most important problems.... The importance
of Boys in White as a sociological analysis lies in the attention
which the authors have devoted to the problem of standardizing and
communicating the observation of complex social organization over a
long time span.... Boys in White is much more than a study of a
timely problem. It is a sociological monograph of first-rate
theoretical importance.- --Ivan Belknap, Administrative Science
Quarterly -Boys in White will be of interest to many sociologists,
particularly those concerned with participant observation as a
field work method.- --George G. Reader, American Sociological
Review -This book describes the 1961 study by Howard Becker and his
colleagues of how -boys in white---medical students--become
doctors. It remains a remarkable ethnographic study of how these
young men at the University of Kansas lived.- --Thomas Laqueur,
BMJ: British Medical Journal -The nature of the study and the
findings are important.- --Fred Kern, Jr., Journal of Health and
Human Behavior
"Boys in White was the first major sociological study reporting the
actual educational experience had at medical school, not as it
should be or as the American Association of Medical Schools
portrayed education at medical schools. Participant observation by
Howard S. Becker and Blanche Geer provided insights that could not
be had by survey methods." --Classic Study of Medical Education
Review "Boys in White explores and describes the students'
developing perspective toward the medical school program and
faculty, and ultimately toward the future practice of medicine as
indicated by fourth year choices in internships and residencies....
It is difficult to imagine anyone concerned with medical or even
general education who could fail to find this study bearing
directly on some of his most important problems.... The importance
of Boys in White as a sociological analysis lies in the attention
which the authors have devoted to the problem of standardizing and
communicating the observation of complex social organization over a
long time span.... Boys in White is much more than a study of a
timely problem. It is a sociological monograph of first-rate
theoretical importance." --Ivan Belknap, Administrative Science
Quarterly "Boys in White will be of interest to many sociologists,
particularly those concerned with participant observation as a
field work method." --George G. Reader, American Sociological
Review "This book describes the 1961 study by Howard Becker and his
colleagues of how "boys in white"--medical students--become
doctors. It remains a remarkable ethnographic study of how these
young men at the University of Kansas lived." --Thomas Laqueur,
BMJ: British Medical Journal "The nature of the study and the
findings are important." --Fred Kern, Jr., Journal of Health and
Human Behavior
"Boys in White was the first major sociological study reporting the
actual educational experience had at medical school, not as it
should be or as the American Association of Medical Schools
portrayed education at medical schools. Participant observation by
Howard S. Becker and Blanche Geer provided insights that could not
be had by survey methods." --Classic Study of Medical Education
Review "Boys in White explores and describes the students'
developing perspective toward the medical school program and
faculty, and ultimately toward the future practice of medicine as
indicated by fourth year choices in internships and residencies....
It is difficult to imagine anyone concerned with medical or even
general education who could fail to find this study bearing
directly on some of his most important problems.... The importance
of Boys in White as a sociological analysis lies in the attention
which the authors have devoted to the problem of standardizing and
communicating the observation of complex social organization over a
long time span.... Boys in White is much more than a study of a
timely problem. It is a sociological monograph of first-rate
theoretical importance." --Ivan Belknap, Administrative Science
Quarterly "Boys in White will be of interest to many sociologists,
particularly those concerned with participant observation as a
field work method." --George G. Reader, American Sociological
Review "This book describes the 1961 study by Howard Becker and his
colleagues of how "boys in white"--medical students--become
doctors. It remains a remarkable ethnographic study of how these
young men at the University of Kansas lived." --Thomas Laqueur,
BMJ: British Medical Journal "The nature of the study and the
findings are important." --Fred Kern, Jr., Journal of Health and
Human Behavior
"Boys in White was the first major sociological study reporting the
actual educational experience had at medical school, not as it
should be or as the American Association of Medical Schools
portrayed education at medical schools. Participant observation by
Howard S. Becker and Blanche Geer provided insights that could not
be had by survey methods."--Classic Study of Medical Education
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