My Foundation of Eduation

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My Foundation of Eduation by Mind Map: My Foundation of Eduation

1. Cultural Difference Theories

1.1. It goes hand in hand in with the cultural deprivation theories except it states that the disadvantage is due to oppressing of minorities.

1.2. The causes of poverty are more social and economic than they are cultural.

2. Schools as Organizations

2.1. Nature of Teaching

2.1.1. Who Becomes Teachers?

2.1.1.1. Women made up 75.2 % of teacher in United Statesin 2008.

2.2. Professionalization

2.2.1. Undefqualified Teachers

2.2.1.1. Teachers must be Highly Qualified according to NCLB Act.

3. Curriculum and Pedagogy

3.1. Functionalist's Curriculum

3.1.1. Teacher general norms, values, and knowledge required for maintenance and development of modern society.

3.2. State Superintendent - Dr. Thomas Bice

3.2.1. Walker County Superintendent - Dr. Jason Adkins

3.3. Transformative Tradition

3.3.1. Change the student; intellectually, creatively, spiritually, and emotionally

4. Equality of Opportunity

4.1. African-Americans

4.1.1. 9, 13, and 17 Year-Old Students are way behind white students in Reading but the gap has narrowed in the last 40 years.

4.1.2. 9, 13, and 17 Year-Old Students are behind white students in Mathematics but it is a lot less of a difference compared to Reading.

4.1.3. Mathematics skills of African-American kindergartners.

4.1.3.1. Rank just over half the percentile of their white counterparts.

4.1.4. Reading Skills of African-American kindergartners

4.1.4.1. White students begin school out ranking their African-American counterparts by about 4 to 3 ration.

5. Educational Inequality

5.1. Cultural Deprivation Theories

5.1.1. The working-class and non-white families often lack the cultural resources such as books causing them to enter school at a disadvantage due to deficiencies in thier home lives.

5.1.2. The theory was attacked in the 1960's and 1970's by social scientists who said it was paternalistic at best and racist at worst.

6. Politics of Education

6.1. Focusing on the Individual

6.2. Do not "blame the victim"

6.3. Issues of Equality

6.4. Individual effort alone is sometimes insufficient.

6.5. Race and social class are important factors in the achievement gap.

6.6. Progressivism

6.7. Diane Ravitch

6.8. Hijacked! How the Standards Movement Turned into the Testing Movement

7. History of U.S. Education

7.1. Education for All: The Emergence of the Public High School

7.1.1. Prior to 1875, fewer thatn 25,000 students were enrolled in public high schools.

7.1.2. The Committee of Ten was formed by NEA to clarify the purpose of high school education.

7.1.2.1. Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education

7.1.2.1.1. 1. Health

7.1.2.1.2. 2. Command of fundamental processes

7.1.2.1.3. 3. Worthy home-membership

7.1.2.1.4. 4.Vocation

7.1.2.1.5. 5. Citizenship

7.1.2.1.6. 6. Worthy use of leisure

7.1.2.1.7. 7.Ethical Character

8. Sociological Perspectives

8.1. Interactional Theories

8.1.1. What do students and teachers actually do in school?

8.1.1.1. Interactional theories attempt to make the commonplace strange by turning on their heads everyday taken-for-granted behaviors and interactions between students and students, and between students and teachers.

8.1.2. Basil Bernstein

8.1.2.1. In 1,990, he argued that the structural aspects of the educational system and the interactional aspects of the system reflect each other and must be view wholistically.

8.1.3. Affects on schooling

8.1.3.1. Knowledge and Attitudes

8.1.3.2. Emplyoyment

9. Philosophy of Education

9.1. Idealist

9.1.1. Teachers active in learing

9.1.1.1. Use dialectic approach per Plato

9.1.2. Engagement style learning

9.1.2.1. Questing

9.1.2.2. Discussing

9.1.2.3. Analyzing

9.1.2.4. Synthesizing

9.1.2.5. Applying

10. Educational Reform