1. Politics of Education
1.1. The Proposes of Education
1.1.1. Political Purpose
1.1.1.1. The political purpose of education is to prepare students for their political and civic lives. Inform students on their rights as citizens and help teach them how to govern themselves.
1.1.2. Social Purpose
1.1.2.1. The social purpose of education is to teach students how to communicate with others and help students solve problems in society.
1.1.3. Economic Purpose
1.1.3.1. The economic purpose of eduction is prepare students for their future with an education that will provide an opportunity for higher paying jobs.
2. Philosophy of Education
2.1. Pragmatism
2.1.1. Pragmatism is the philosophy that encourages people to find processes that work in order to achieve their desire ends.
2.1.2. Charles Sanders Peirce
2.1.2.1. Is the Father of Pragmatism
2.1.3. John Dewey
2.1.3.1. John's ideas have were influential to the education reform. Dewey is also one of the founders of functional psychology.
2.1.4. The creation of new values is a goal of education of the Pragmatists.
2.1.5. To Pragmatists the role of a teacher is to be a friend, guide and philosopher to the students.
2.1.6. Pragmatists believe in using new methods of teaching and use the learn by doing method.
2.1.7. Curriculum in Pragmatism is aimed to the basic principles such as interest, experience, and utility.
3. Schools as Organizations
3.1. Definition
3.2. Items to be Delivered
3.3. Extent
3.3.1. Included
3.3.2. Included
3.3.3. Excluded
4. History of U.S. Education
4.1. 1954 Brown v. Board of Education
4.1.1. Project specifications
4.1.2. End User requirements
4.1.3. Action points sign-off
4.2. Court ruling for desegregation in schools. this repealed the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling in 1896
4.2.1. Define actions as necessary
4.3. This ruling caused a lot of problems in the southern states but is know as the starting point of the Civil Rights movement.
4.4. 2002 No Child Left Behind Act
4.4.1. Supported standardized base test in grades 3-8 and once in high school. Increased accountability that is required by the students and the teachers. Schools are giving yearly test to see where improvements are needed, if needed.
5. Socialogical Perspectives
5.1. Functional Theories
5.1.1. Functional theorists views society as a machine that works together to better it.
5.2. Conflict Theories
5.2.1. The conflict theory purposes that education is preserving power that those who dominate society.
5.3. Interactional Theories
5.3.1. Interactional theorists observe what is directly happening in the classroom by student/ student and teacher/ teacher impacts.
5.4. 5 Effects of Schooling
5.4.1. Knowledge: learning problem solving skills and skills needed to better your life in society.
5.4.2. Employment: Preparing students to be successful in their jobs in society. Schooling will help students make higher wages.
5.4.3. Education: Becoming well educated will help students become members and contribute to society.
5.4.4. Attitudes: Schooling helps students have positive attitudes about entering society with positive attitudes to succeed.
5.4.5. Mobility:With increased knowledge and employment skills help students move up in society from lower economic statues.
6. Curriculum and Pedagogy
6.1. Budget
6.1.1. Materials
6.1.2. Personel
6.1.3. Services
6.1.4. Duration
6.2. Delivery Timeline
6.3. Requirements
7. Equality of Opportunity
7.1. Define Project Schedule
7.1.1. Dependencies
7.1.2. Milestones
7.2. Limitations
7.2.1. Schedule
7.2.2. Budget
7.3. Define Project Development Measurement
7.3.1. KPI's