Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach 7/e James M. Henslin Chapter Seventeen: Education This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; any rental, lease, or lending of the program. Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

The Development of Modern Education Education in Earlier Societies Education Consisted of Informal Learning Education was Equivalent to Acculturation Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

The Development of Modern Education Centers of Formal Education did Develop Arabs, Chinese, Greeks, and Egyptians Modern Education was a Response to Industrialization Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

The Development of Modern Education Industrialization and Universal Education In U.S. Jefferson and Webster Proposed Universal Schooling Uniform National Culture Through Education Rich Educated, Poor Not Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

The Development of Modern Education Industrialization and Universal Education Horace Mann Proposed “Common Schools” Supported by Taxes By 1918, All States had Mandatory Education Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

The Development of Modern Education Education in Japan Emphasis on Solidarity Within Group Discourages Competition among Individuals Education in Russia Education, including College, was Free Post-Soviet Russia is Reinventing Education Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

The Development of Modern Education Education in Egypt Mandatory Attendance Laws that Exist are Not Enforced Most People Work so Find Little Need for Education Most Cannot Afford Education Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Functionalist Perspective: Providing Social Benefits Teaching Knowledge and Skills Cultural Transmission of Values Social Integration Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Functionalist Perspective: Providing Social Benefits Gatekeeping Replacing Family Functions Other Functions Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Conflict Perspective: Reproducing Social and Class Structure The Hidden Curriculum Tilting the Tests: Discrimination by IQ Stacking the Deck: Unequal Funding Correspondence Principle Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Fulfilling Teacher Expectations The Rist Research The Rosenthal-Jacobson Experiment How Do Teacher Expectations Work? Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Problems in U.S. Education Mediocrity and Violence Cheating on SATs Grade Inflation, Social Promotion, Functional Illiteracy Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Problems in U.S. Education Influence of Peer Group Violence in Schools Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005

Solutions: Safety, Standards, and Other Reforms Secure Learning Environment Higher Standards From Vouchers to Charter Schools Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2005