Seminar Grp 5 Revision - Unofficial Page for Exam Revisions by Sophia Deterala https://padlet.com/deteras/SeminarGroup5Revision Please contribute your own KEY IDEAS lists and SUGGESTED QUESTIONS en-us 2018-03-16 13:41:08 UTC 2018-04-03 20:20:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Beartoy.png WEEK 1 Sociology https://padlet.com/deteras/SeminarGroup5Revision/wish/243384805 Key points
What is sociology in education?

Micro - Marco perspectives

Structure and agency

Formal / Informal curriculum

Possible reasons for trends in inequalities - gender, race, disabilities, social class.

People
Auguste Comte ( established sociology, aimed to understand the social world using scientific methods)

Browne (Sociology is the planned and organized study of human groups and social life in modern societies)

Stephen Ball (explores the link between education policy and social inequalities)

Giddens, (Sociology examines ‘human social life, groups and societies)

Questions
1. What is meant by the term hidden curriculum?, give examples.

2. What are social structures, within education?, what is agency? 

3. where do these both fit in micro-macro perspectives?
]]> 2018-03-19 10:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/deteras/SeminarGroup5Revision/wish/243384805 WEEK 3 Sociology https://padlet.com/deteras/SeminarGroup5Revision/wish/248289287 Key ideas
Praxis - Once conscious - begin to engage in informal actions to transform their situation and correct injustices in society.

Critical Pedagogy - teaching approach to help students question domination and their alleged practices.

Reproductive thesis - schools to be viewed and measured against the need to reproduce the values, social practices and skills needed for the dominate corporate order.

Ethic of justice = fairness, equality, rights and universal principles
Ethic of care = trust, social bonds, caring relations and responding to needs of others
Care has to be institutionalised - enhanced by citizenship education

Key people
Paulo Freire - oppressive Banking education - Students are passive depositories and teachers are the depositors.
Dialogical education.

Max Weber - social stratification based on a position in market relations. 3 dimensions of inequality = class, status and power
1980 - classified according to occupation (blue/white collar, unskilled/skilled)
1990 - classified based on competence, salary, employment conditions
2010 - combination of Marxist and Webberian theories.

Tronto - Humans should be treated on the basis of human similarities

Questions
1. In what ways can the banking concept be reflected in today's education system and what alternative approaches can be used?
2. How has the classification of individuals developed since the 1980's?
3. Explain the relationship between the ethic of justice and the ethic of care?

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