1. Soc/EDS 126 Hugh (“Bud”) Mehan WELCOME! Session 1: Course Organization & Topics

2. Sociology/EDS 126: Day #1:Getting Organized Add/Drop: Computer controlled Office Hours: –Tu & Th 3:30-4:30 CREATE; –Tu & Th 12:30-2:00 BY APPOINTMENT –(Social Science Res. Bldg, Thurgood Marshall College) Sections: Voluntary Th 1:00-1:50; Th 3:30-4:30, Pepper Canyon Room 304 –Helps master sociological idiom and modes of explanation –Provides assistance with readings, writing essays that emphasize sociological explanations

3. Getting Organized, Readings and Lectures Readings: Course Packet for sale at Cal Copy, Holiday Court Lecture notes on line at: http://create.ucsd.edu starting Thursday http://create.ucsd.edu Weekly Reflections: 1-2 pages each week on readings and lectures; submitted in groups of 4

4. Exams and Projects Exams: One Take Home Midterm and a Take Home Final Exam Questions will ask for Sociological analysis (Go to Section!) –Midterm: assigned on Thursday of week 5, due on Tuesday of week 6 –Take home final –due exam week; or: Project

5. Course Topics: 1. The Past The relationship between the political economy of US society and the organization of schooling at key historical moments— –Colonial (1789ff) agricultural  > one room school house; –key function: “democratic citizenship” –Early Industrial (1865—1910)  > “common school”; –key function: assimilation of new immigrants –Developed Industrial (1910-1950s):  > “school as factory”; –key function: preparation for capitalism –The critique of the factory model

6. 2. The Current Situation (1983- present) Many Reforms: –small schools, –charter schools, –private schools; voucher plans –local or school-site decision making –professionalizing the teaching corps

7. 3. The Future “Information Age?” What kinds of schools? Democratic Resurgence? New Forms of Stratification: Based on Access to Technology?

8. Democratic Function Technical Function 17871865 1983 Functions of Education In Historical Context The Course at a Glance Today Critique Agricultural Economy Industrial Economy Information Economy?

9. Interesting Courses TMC 198: (Bud Mehan & Rafael Hernandez) –Voluntary tutoring at Preuss, Gompers, Lincoln HS –Internships at those schools –Contact Mariko Cavey (mcavey@ucsd.edumcavey@ucsd.edu ETHN 189: California’s Public Education Crisis –Team taught –Cross Cultural Center, Fridays: 12-2:50 CAT 124: (Rafael Hernandez) On-0line tutoring

10. Group Formation Assemble in Groups of 4 Fill in names, e-mail addresses of group members for our use