1. Philosophy of Education
1.1. Generic Notions
1.2. Curriculum
1.3. Philosophy of Education video
1.4. Key Researcher- John Dewey 1859-1910
1.5. Goal of Education
1.5.1. Role of the Teacher
1.5.1.1. Method of Instruction
2. Schools as Organizations
2.1. School Processes
2.2. Student Composition
2.3. Nature of Teaching
2.4. Major Stakeholders
2.4.1. State Representative- Robert B. Aderholt
2.4.2. Superintendent- Dr. Jason Adkins
2.4.3. Board Members: Brad Ingle, Jamie Rigsby, Todd Vick, Bill Gilbert, and Lee Headrick
3. Curriculum and Pedagogy
3.1. Social Efficiency Curriculum
3.2. Social Melironist Curriculum
3.3. Developmentalist Curriculum
3.4. Humanist Curriculum
3.4.1. Relates with "Social Efficiency Curriculum"
3.5. Two dominant traditions of teaching
3.5.1. The Mimetic Tradition
3.5.2. The Transformative Tradition
3.6. Curriculum and Pedagogy video
4. Equality of Opportunity
4.1. How class, race, and gender impact educational outcomes.
4.1.1. Class
4.1.2. Race
4.1.3. Gender
4.2. The Coleman Study from 1982
4.2.1. Coleman and his colleagues argued that private schools were more effective learning environments than public schools.
4.2.2. Round Two
4.2.3. Round Two
5. Educational Inequality
5.1. Cultural Deprivation Theories
5.1.1. Project Head Start
5.1.2. Working-class and nonwhite students
5.1.3. Ogbu's Macrosociological
5.2. School-Centered Explanations
5.2.1. Curriculum and Pedagogic Practices
5.2.2. School Financing
5.2.3. Gender & Schooling
5.2.4. Effective School Research
6. Educational Reform
6.1. School-Based Reforms
6.1.1. School-to-Work Programs
6.1.2. Teacher Education
6.2. School Finance Reforms
6.2.1. Education and political reforms
6.3. Connecting School, Community, and Social Reforms
7. Politics of Education
7.1. Perspective
7.1.1. Conservative
7.1.2. Liberal
7.1.3. Radical
7.1.4. Neo-liberal
7.2. Vision
7.2.1. Traditional
7.2.2. Progressivism
8. History of U.S. Education
8.1. Reform Movement
8.1.1. The National Commission on Excellence
8.2. Historical Interpretation
8.2.1. Democratic/Liberal
9. Sociology of Education
9.1. Relationships between school and society
9.1.1. Conflict Theories
9.1.2. Functional Theories
9.1.3. Interactional Theories
9.2. Two effects of schooling on individuals
9.2.1. Teacher Behavior
9.2.2. Knowledge and attitudes