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EPPL751: SOCIOLOGY OF HIGHER EDUCATION

EPPL751: SOCIOLOGY OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Monica D. Griffin, Ph.D., Sociology; Director, Engaged Scholarship, W&M July 2, 2012. Course Introductions. Goals for the Course Personal Introductions Sociology 101 Autobiographical Paths in Education Sociological Thinking and Perspectives

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EPPL751: SOCIOLOGY OF HIGHER EDUCATION

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  1. EPPL751: SOCIOLOGY OF HIGHER EDUCATION Monica D. Griffin, Ph.D., Sociology; Director, Engaged Scholarship, W&M July 2, 2012

  2. Course Introductions • Goals for the Course • Personal Introductions • Sociology 101 • Autobiographical Paths in Education • Sociological Thinking and Perspectives • Readings?

  3. Goals for the Course • To explore the intersection of sociological issues and interests in the study of higher education • To introduce sociological lines of inquiry and major theoretical schools of thought that advance particular sociological perspectives • To understand social foundations of education in terms of the social and cultural processes at work in higher education • To examine and evaluate structural and contextual factors that impact practice and policy in education

  4. Goals, continued • To develop students’ skills for developing academic and/or action research plans that potentially form a productive practice-based partnership with other organizations or institutions connected with higher education fields and/or settings • To synthesize theoretical modeling with organizational dimensions of practice in education as a basis for forming research inquiry • To evaluate social scientific approaches and methods for studying higher education in order to advance student progress toward developing a Master’s or Dissertation thesis proposal.

  5. Monica D. Griffin, Ph.D., Sociology – Profile • Born and raised by civil servant parents in Arlington, Virginia until age 9 when we moved to Vienna, VA – “NoVA Kid;” • B.A., 1988, English and Sociology, W&M; M.A., 1993; Ph.D., 1998, Sociology, UVA; • Mother, Wife, Daughter, Sister, Friend • Educator, Administrator, Creative Writer who can’t live without Pilates

  6. My Family

  7. My Specialties • Race Culture and Literary Studies; Inequality Studies in Family, Health, and Education; Medical Sociology; Sociological Theory • Service-Learning; community-based action research; integrative dynamics of teaching and learning; • Recent interests/endeavors: critical literacy studies and public health literacy

  8. SOCIOLOGY 101: What is it? He who watches a thing grow has the best view of it. – Heraclitus (c.540-480 B.C.E.) SOCIOLOGY: The systematic study of social behavior and human groups. • Systematic Study • Groups & Social Behavior

  9. C. Wright Mills – The Sociological Imagination (1959) Mills defined sociological imagination as "the vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society.“ Related Terms: Social NormsSocial Structure Culture Socialization Action Social Context

  10. In – Class Activity: Autobiographical Path in Education Can you use a Sociological Imagination to describe your autobiographical path in education? • First, try it out with a partner; • Then, share with the class.

  11. Sociological Thinking • Critical, analytical approach to understanding the social world, reliant on • Empirical Observations; • Generalizability; • Refers to group behavior and patterns.

  12. Sociological Perspectives Three elements that typically characterize social theory (and sociological perspectives): • Conception of society • Core Values that maintain social order • Attention to interactions and social processes that create or stifle social change

  13. How Inquiry, Methods, and Theory Work Together

  14. Inductive v. Deductive Reasoning – in Education Research? Action Research?

  15. Readings Discussion Based on what you’ve read so far, what do you observe/recall about how each perspective: • Conceptualizes society • Relies on core values that maintain social order • Focus on interactions and social processes that create or stifle social change

  16. Perspectives (in this text) • Functionalist • Conflict • Symbolic Interactionist • Code Theory • Cultural Capital and Symbolic Violence • Educational Outcomes • Status Competition and Interaction Ritual • Institutional Theory • Postmodernism and Critical Theory • Feminist Theory

  17. Happy 4th of July! The Class Wiki site will be posted by noon on Wednesday, 7/4. Thank you for your patience. Have a good weekend.

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