1. Ch.14 Sect.1: The Sociology of Education

2. Stupid in America Children must acquire knowledge, skills,… Education—
Small societies…
Parents may teach…
Formal education…
Schooling—
Functionalist
Conflict
Interactionist

3. The Functionalist Perspective
Most important functions are…
Core curriculum
Generate new knowledge
Educ provides the means through which…
Research in college…

4. Transmission of Culture
Schools most important…
patriotism…
Support communities own social/political systems
Superiority of own schools
Acceptable forms of behavior
Agent of social control

5. Social Integration Schools provide… Melting pot
Americanize in the early 1900s
Mosaic

6. Occupational Placement
Screen and select…
Special talents and abilities…
Tests and evaluations…
Japanese society
“cram schools”
Japanese exams
“examination war”

7. Conflict Perspective Limit potential of… Social control serves to…
Hidden curriculum…
Children are taught to be…
Behavior problem kids…
What is the goal?

8. Tracking Tracking— Based on… Goal is… Lower social classes…
Middle class kids…
Jeannie Oakes study…
Instruction students receive…
Higher tracks and lower tracks

9. Education & Socioeconomic Status
Distributed unequally
High status…
Low status…
Minority groups…
Status affects achievement in 3 ways
1st
2nd
3rd

10. Interactionist Perspective
Interaction between…
Ray Rist
Tracking pattern
Teachers let students know…

11. Educational Reform A Nation at Risk Fallen behind in…
Reform the US educational system
What did states do?
Did it help?
Goals 2000 (p. 358)
NEGP

12. Educational Alternatives
Charter Schools
Charter establishes…
Charter can be…
MN 1991
How many?
School Choice—
Homeschooling—
Why?
Critics say…

13. Violence in the Schools
47%...
Columbine
Teachers are…
Schools are safest place for kids
Security measures
Zero tolerance—
School violence prevention program