1. Why study education from a sociological perspective?
What is the role of schools in democracy?
What are schools expected to do?
What is the schools relationship to society/ community?

2. What does society expect from schools? What should they accomplish?

3. We expect schools to…. Train Citizens Preserve Culture
Support Economic Stability
Ensure National Security
Solve Social Problems
Maintain Global Competition
Teach Sexual Education
Provide Daycare
Teach Morality

4. Myths and Metaphors that Shape Current Understanding of Education (Teaching to Change the World, Oakes and Lipton)
Meritocracy
Factory Metaphor
Market Metaphor
Myth of Progress

5. Is there a difference between schooling and education
Is there a difference between schooling and education? Is so, what is it?
If you were planning to live and work on your family farm 100 years ago, what would you need to know?
Why do you need to go to college and/or graduate school in order to “get ahead”?