1. Politics of Education
1.1. My Perspective
1.1.1. Conservative
1.1.1.1. Individuals compete to survive
1.1.1.2. developed originally by William Graham Sumner
1.1.1.3. Human progress is dependent
1.1.1.4. Free market economically productive
1.1.1.5. originated from evolutionary theory from Charles Darwin
1.2. My Vision of Education
1.2.1. Traditional
1.2.1.1. School responsible for sharing values
1.2.1.2. Schools should pass on the best of what was and what is
1.3. Role of School
1.3.1. Conservative
1.3.1.1. School provides necessary educational training
1.4. Definition of Educational Problems
1.4.1. Conservative
1.4.1.1. decline of standards
1.4.1.2. decline of cultural literacy
1.4.1.3. decline of values/civilization
1.4.1.4. decline of authority
1.5. Explanations of Unequal Educational Performance
1.5.1. Conservative
1.5.1.1. Achievement based on hard work and sacrifice
1.6. Educational Policy and Supports
1.6.1. Conservative
1.6.1.1. basics
1.6.1.2. traditional academic curriculum
1.6.1.3. accountability measures
1.6.1.4. free market mechanisms
2. History of U.S. Education
2.1. Reform Movement
2.1.1. Rise of Common School
2.1.1.1. Horace Mann
2.1.1.1.1. schools can change social order
2.1.1.1.2. education can foster social mobility
2.1.1.2. normal school
2.1.1.2.1. free publicly funded elementary schools
2.2. Historical Interpretation
2.2.1. Democratic-liberal school
2.2.1.1. Horace Mann
2.2.1.2. Henry Barnard
2.2.1.3. beliefs
2.2.1.3.1. school system providing equality of opportunity for all
2.2.1.3.2. U.S. education should move closer to ideals of equality and excellence
3. Sociology of Education
3.1. Theoretical Perspective
3.1.1. Functional Theory
3.1.1.1. beliefs
3.1.1.1.1. interdependencies of social system
3.1.1.1.2. educational reforms are supposed to create structures, programs, and curriculum
3.1.1.2. Emile Durkheim
3.1.1.2.1. works
3.1.1.2.2. beliefs
3.2. effects of schooling
3.2.1. knowledge
3.2.1.1. academically oriented schools do produce higher rates of learning
3.2.1.2. actual amount of time student spend in school is directly related to how much they learn
3.2.2. attitude
3.2.2.1. education is related to self-esteem and to individuals sense of well-being
3.2.3. employment
3.2.3.1. corporate requires high levels of education
4. Philosophy of Education
4.1. Pragmatism
4.1.1. Generic notions
4.1.1.1. better society through education
4.1.1.2. educations starts with child's needs and interests
4.1.1.3. concerned with particular stages of development
4.1.2. Key researchers
4.1.2.1. John Locke
4.1.2.2. George Sanders Pierce
4.1.2.3. William James
4.1.2.4. John Dewey
4.1.2.5. Frances Bacon
4.1.2.6. Jean Jacques-Rousseau
4.1.3. Method of instruction
4.1.3.1. children learn individually and in groups
4.1.3.2. informal instruction
4.1.4. Goal of education
4.1.4.1. social order
4.1.4.2. balance social, intellectual, and personal development
4.1.4.3. integrate children into democratic society
4.1.5. Curriculum
4.1.5.1. integrated curriculum
4.1.6. Role of teacher
4.1.6.1. facilitator
4.1.6.1.1. encourages
4.1.6.1.2. offers suggestions
4.1.6.1.3. writes curriculum
5. Schools as Organizations
5.1. nature of teaching
5.1.1. uniqueness
5.1.1.1. creativity
5.1.1.2. simultaneously routinized
5.1.2. skills
5.1.2.1. human relations
5.1.2.2. technical expertise
5.1.3. roles
5.1.3.1. colleagues
5.1.3.2. friend
5.1.3.3. community activist
5.1.4. the social realities of teaching
5.1.5. dailiness of teaching
5.1.6. links between teaching and learning
5.2. professionalization
5.2.1. sociologist Dan Lortie
5.2.1.1. elementary school teachers' professionalism vaguely defined or absent altogether
5.2.2. researcher Linda M. McNeil
5.2.2.1. contradictions of control
5.2.3. educator John Goodland
5.2.3.1. society must find ways of better educating teachers
6. C
7. C
8. Curriculum & Pedagogy
8.1. pedagogic practice
8.1.1. transformative
8.1.1.1. progressive model
8.1.1.2. multidimensional theory of teaching
8.1.1.3. change students in some meaningful way
8.2. curriculum theory
8.2.1. contemporary critical curriculum theory
8.2.1.1. separation of theory & practice
8.2.1.2. psychoanalytic & postmodern approach
8.3. major stakeholders in my district
8.3.1. local state board
8.3.1.1. Pam Frazier
8.3.1.2. Terry Harper
8.3.1.3. Barbara Jones
8.3.1.4. Glenn Hall
8.3.1.5. Fredie Carmichael
8.3.2. representatives on state school boards
8.3.2.1. Jack Williams
8.3.3. House of Representatives
8.3.3.1. Mickey Hammon
8.3.3.2. Craig Ford
8.3.4. State Senators
8.3.4.1. Jefferson Sessions
8.3.4.2. Richard Shelby
8.3.5. State Superintendent
8.3.5.1. Dr. Tommy Bice
8.3.6. Local Superintendent
8.3.6.1. Randy Hodges
8.4. approach to curriculum
8.4.1. functional
8.4.1.1. Emile Durkheim
8.4.1.2. social order needs shared common culture
9. Eqaulity of Opportunity
10. eDUCATIONALiNEQUALITY
11. By the way, this is a floating topic. To create a floating topic, simply drag it away from the map center.
12. Equality of Opportunity
12.1. African American
12.1.1. educational achievement
12.1.1.1. 66% reached level of reading proficiency
12.1.1.2. 9.3% student dropout
12.1.2. attainment
12.1.2.1. 84% graduated from high school
12.1.2.2. 19.9% of high school graduates received their Bachelor degrees