1. Schools as Organizations
2. Curriculum and Pedagogy
3. Equality of Opportunity
4. Educational Inequality
5. Educational Reform
6. Politics of Education
6.1. Purpose of Education
6.1.1. intellectual
6.1.1.1. Basic Cognitive skills
6.1.2. political
6.1.2.1. Patriotism, help assimilate diverse cultural groups into a common political order, and teach children basic laws of society
6.1.3. social
6.1.3.1. help solve social problems , and socialize children into various roles, behaviors and values of society.
6.1.4. economic
6.1.4.1. prepare students for their later occupational roles and to select train and allocate individuals into division of labor.
6.2. Perspective
6.2.1. Role of the school
6.2.1.1. the conservative perspective views the role of the school as essential to both economic productivity and social stability.
6.2.1.2. schools should ensure that all students have the opportunity to compete individually.
6.2.2. explanations of unequal performance
6.2.2.1. Conservatives argue that individuals or group of students rise and fall on their own intelligence, hard work, and initiative and that achievement is based on hard work.
6.2.3. Definition of education problems
6.2.3.1. school systems lowered academic standards and reduces educational quality.
6.2.3.2. weakened the schools ability to pass on the heritage of American and Western civilizations to children.
6.2.3.3. schools lost their traditional role of teaching moral standards and values.
6.2.3.4. schools lost their traditional disciplinary function and often became chaotic.
6.2.3.5. schools are stifles by bureaucracy and inefficiency.
7. History of US Education
7.1. Reform Movement
7.1.1. Rise of the common school
7.1.1.1. Horace Mann led the movement for free public education
7.1.1.2. Manns arguments for the establishment of the common school, or free public funded elementary schools reflects the concern for stability and order and the concern for social mobility.
7.2. historical interpretation of US EDU
7.2.1. Democratic Liberal- believe that the US educational system must continue to move closer to each.
7.2.2. Equal opprotunity for all
8. Sociological Perspectives
8.1. theoretical perspective
8.1.1. school and scociety
8.1.2. functionalism
8.1.2.1. how well the parts are integrated with each other
8.1.2.2. society as a machine
8.1.3. conflict theroy
8.1.3.1. held together by shared values
8.1.4. interactionalism
8.1.4.1. critiques and exten
8.2. Effects of Schooling
8.2.1. knowledge and Attitude
8.2.1.1. I believe that attitude in a classroom is very important. Schooling does prepare students with knowledge and proper attitude for adulthood
8.2.2. Teacher Behavior
8.2.2.1. I believe that teacher behavior in a classroom is very important. The students feed off of the teachers behavior and attitude in the classroom
8.2.3. Student peer groups
8.2.3.1. Group work is very important to gain social skills, as well as team member skills. Being around each other, students learn how to discuss and debate topics.
8.2.4. Employment
8.2.4.1. I believe that some schooling prepares you for employment. When a teacher demands respect, i believe that shows the students that you are suppose to respect anyone that is above you; in education, work place, age, etc.
8.2.5. Desegregation
8.2.5.1. I believe that no matter the race, each student deserves an equal chance. No matter the home life, an education should not be compromised.
9. Philosophy of Education
9.1. pragmatism or existentialism
9.1.1. generic notions
9.1.1.1. Education would continually reconstruct and reorganize society.
9.1.2. key researchers
9.1.2.1. George Sanders Peirce , -William James - John Dewey
9.1.3. goal of education
9.1.3.1. Improve social order
9.1.4. role of teacher
9.1.4.1. Facilitator- to encourage
9.1.5. method of instruction
9.1.5.1. problem solving
9.1.6. curriculum
9.1.6.1. a subject matter that the students are interested in, would show threw in multiple areas of study.