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American Class Structure Model -One approach to understanding social dynamics. A sorting exercise. Analyzing Arne Duncan's "Race to the Top" Speech Assessing Role and Commitment-- How far will you go to make change happen? Central
Planning of School Experience Character Traits and School Roles - Investigate group consensus as to what is desirable in various school roles. Combatting
Educational Corruption -- Conflict in Schools ... Where Does It Occur? Synopsis. A theatre metaphor for school processes. Controversy Analysis Worksheet - analysis protocol Cooperation and Coercion -- Why are these concepts conflated in school practice? Core Concepts and Confusions BIBLIOGRAPHY weblinks to articles and other sources Cultural Domination -- Language training for social ranking Dissecting Educational Benefits -- A typology of conflicting goals. The Dynamics of Teacher Certification: myths of competition -- Are there really "pendulum swings" in curriculum and policy matters? Education and Immigration: Time line with immigration data, events Educational Policy BIBLIOGRAPHY weblinks to articles and other sources Educational Theory of ...analytical framework Educational Theory of Mortimer Adler Ethics BIBLIOGRAPHY weblinks to articles and other sources Fairness, Expedience and Favoritism: - What are the criteria for differentiating them? A worksheet of case examples. Functions of Conflict in the Context of Schooling Conflict produces both costs and benefits. Using the Gallery of Educational Theorists The
Indeterminacy of Consensus: Internet
Access Policy Analysis Isomorphisms:
parallel structures of thought. Justice BIBLIOGRAPHY weblinks to articles and other sources |
Moral Responsibility in the Education Industry -- What responsibilty do school have for a student's future occupational success? "Protection": Prevention, Extortion, Compensation? Problem Analysis Worksheet: How stakeholder perceptions affect outcomes. Profession, Problems and Policy -- an expanded palette of essays and materials Pseudo-Solutions: Three Disciplinary Slogans -- essay Does Public Education Support American Democracy? Public School Reform: a major tactic in America's "hidden" class war. "Race to the Top" A speech by Arne Duncan. RanPop Simulation Experiment: macro/micro socio-cultural interactions School Image: expectations & controversies essay explaining disagreements about schooling School Priorities Inventory: indicates extent of competing expectations School Reform BIBLIOGRAPHY weblinks to articles and other sources Slogans: --- the function of slogans. What impediments do they create? Slogan Analysis Exercises: identify motivational intent & possible resulting obfuscation Socializing, Educating and Schooling:- By what criteria are they distinguished? Case examples are given. Survey of Beliefs and Attitudes about Education. self-survey Syllabi for Social Foundations of Education -- two versions, graduate and undergraduate Synopsis of the Abortion Struggle Using Lewis Coser's Functions of Conflict Teacher Preparation BIBLIOGRAPHY weblinks to articles and other sources Teaching
Disciplined Hypothesis Formation Thunder on the Right: the Protestant Fundamentalists Its impact on American schools. Two Faces of American Public Education a concept map showing how politics and productivity relate Violence, Imposition, Wrongdoing:- By what criteria are they distinguished? Case examples are given. What is an "At-risk" Student? -- Forgoing an opportunity does not necessary create a risk. What is a Problem? analysis activity |