1. Education has 3 purposes
1.1. Political
1.2. Social
1.3. Economic
1.4. Remember that this is the why???
2. Education has 3 parts
2.1. Assessment
2.2. Curriculum
2.3. Pedagogy - learning theory
2.4. Remember that this is the what???
3. To some America is.....
3.1. Bias
3.2. Land of the Free
3.3. B.S.
3.4. Sedated
3.5. Trendy/Fads
3.6. Capitalistic
3.7. Just
3.8. Unjust
3.9. Priveleged place
3.10. Land of opportunity
3.11. Etc....list could go on and on
4. The population density in urban school bring about 3 variables
4.1. ethnicity
4.2. Race
4.2.1. Remember race is a social construction, meaning that it was thought of by society and was based on differences amongst different people.
4.3. SES - socioeconomicstatus.....a persons social class
4.3.1. When bring up the topic of SES are not talking about rich or poor!!!!!
5. Normal is relative.....depends on a situation that a person is in
5.1. Dualistic situations/thinking
5.1.1. People do things on the basis of whether it is right to do.
5.1.2. Some people have a duality about themselves and who they are???
6. Language is power and is a system of symbols
7. School House Rock painted a pretty picture of the American Revolution and left out a lot of important history prior to the revolution....Pre-Revolutonary history of America.....
7.1. Why did the colonist come to N. America???
7.2. Who inhabited N. American lands???
7.3. How were race relation between 3 important groups during this time period
7.3.1. Between white and black
7.3.2. Between white and red
7.3.3. Between black and red
7.4. Coming of Massachussets Bay Colony
7.5. Discovery of "stinking weed" - orinocco tobacco in 1610 by John Rolfe that changed race relations between the whites and the reds
7.6. Pequot Wars
7.7. King Philip's War/Metacom's War
7.8. Bacon's Rebellion
7.8.1. End product of the rebellion.....divide and conquer by using race slavery as an institution
7.9. Powhatan Wars
8. Difference between race and ethnicity
8.1. Race is externally defined by the differences among people.
8.2. Ethnicity is internally defined by how people see themselves and their culture.
9. Socialization - the life long social process that people experience to define who they are and how they fit into society
9.1. Different agents of socialization
9.1.1. Family
9.1.2. Friends/Peers
9.1.3. School
10. 3 Ways of Philosophizing
10.1. metaphysics - what is real?
10.2. epistemology - what is true?
10.2.1. This is left behind becuase people are to search for what is real and what is good and that is determined by evidence. Completely dismiss questioning existence and beauty.