1. Curriculum and Pedagogy
1.1. Developmentalist Curriculum
1.1.1. Curriculum based on the needs and interests of the student rather than society.
1.1.2. Curriculum that was developed from the aspects of John Dewey and Jean Piaget
1.1.3. Curriculum associated school with life experiences to make education come alive in a meaningful manner.
1.2. Modern Functionalist Theory
1.2.1. Schools prep students for their role in modern society.
1.2.2. Schools teach respect and how to function properly in society.
1.2.3. Schools teach technological development and things that are vitally important to know.
2. Equality of Opportunity
2.1. Students with Special Needs
2.1.1. 1. Education of All Handicapped Children Law passed by congress in 1975 to guarantee children with special needs received an equal education.
2.1.2. 2. EHA provides significant amounts of services to students with special needs.
2.1.3. 3. Limited educational opportunities for special need students.
2.2. Coleman Response: Round One
2.2.1. 1. Where one goes to school has little effect on their cognitive growth.
2.2.2. 2. All students has the ability to learn.
3. Educational Inequality
3.1. Genetic Differences
3.1.1. 1. Significant factor affecting intelligence is social.
3.1.2. 2. Psychologist Arthur Jenson offered the idea of genetic difference in intelligence.
3.1.3. 3. IQ test questions are culturally biased.
3.2. School Financing
3.2.1. 1. Krozol's compared public schools in rich suburbs with schools in poor inner cities.
3.2.2. 2. Public schools are mostly funded through the local property taxes.
3.2.3. 3. Alabama's property taxes are the lowest in the country.
4. Schools as Organizations
4.1. State Senator: Paul Bussman
4.2. State Representatve: Randall Shedd
4.3. State Superintendent: Dr. Craig Ross
4.4. Representative on State School Board: Dr. Cynthia McCarty
4.5. Local School Board Representative: James Thompson
4.6. Germany school System
4.6.1. Examines students at an early age and decides the fate of their education.
4.6.2. 25 percent of students qualify for university attendance.
4.6.3. Academic achievement is related to social class background.
5. Sociology of Education
5.1. Functional Theories
5.1.1. Encourage Social Unity
5.1.2. Schools are to create structures
5.1.3. Education has the power to overcome economic problems
5.2. Effects of Schooling on Individuals
5.2.1. A Student's Home Environment
5.2.2. Teacher Equality
5.2.3. Inadequate preparation
6. Politics of Education
6.1. Radical
6.1.1. 1. Negative U.S. society
6.1.2. 2. United Kingdom's New Labour Party
6.1.3. 3. Social and Cultural Reproduction
6.2. Traditional
6.2.1. 1. Social Mobility and Equality of Opportunity
6.2.2. 2. Education and the American Dream
6.2.3. Samuel Bowles
7. History of U.S. Education
7.1. The Rise of the Common School
7.1.1. Free public schools
7.1.2. Education for Women and African- American
7.1.3. Enormous changes with unprecedented speed
7.2. The Democratic- Liberal School
7.2.1. Expand Educational Opportunities
7.2.2. Optimistic of US education
7.2.3. Equality and Excellence
8. Philosophy of Education
8.1. Discover solutions to problems in present- day terms
8.2. Founders of this school of thought include: George Sanders Peirce, Williams James, and John Dewey
8.3. The goal of education was to provide students with the knowledge to improve social order.
8.4. The role of the teacher is to act as a facilitator. They are there to encourage thinking skills rather than lecture all day long.
8.5. The method of instruction is the problem solving method.
8.6. The curriculum suggested is and integrated curriculum. Watch this video on an integrated curriculum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoSdGzyVlBs
9. Educational Reform
9.1. School- Based Reforms
9.1.1. 1. Give parents and students the choice of schools.
9.1.2. 2. Charter schools that are free from state regulations, but are held accountable for student achievement.
9.1.3. Voucher programs to send students to private schools using public funds.
9.2. Full Service and Community Schools
9.2.1. 1. Educate the community as a whole.
9.2.2. Dryfoo's model of full service schools, Canada's Harlem Children Zone, and Newark's Broader Bolder Approach
9.2.3. Plans to improve society, prevent problems, and support the community.