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Understanding School and Society. Definintions and the Analytic Framework. Definitions - Analytic Concepts. Social Theory - explains phenomena - not disconnected from practice internal consistency account for data agree with other theories
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Understanding School and Society Definintions and the Analytic Framework
Definitions - Analytic Concepts • Social Theory - explains phenomena - not disconnected from practice • internal consistency • account for data • agree with other theories • Schooling - that which occurs in the context of the school system - not to be confused with education
Definitions - Analytic Concepts • Training - experiences to result in a pre-defined outcome • not to be confused with education although education can include training • Education - a process or set of experiences involving intellect, reason, intuition, creativity that allows individuals to creat themselves. Outcome is often unpredictable
Definitions - Analytic Concepts • Political Economy - social, cultural, economic, political and demographic dimensions of a society - organization of a society • Ideology - the lens through which a society examines its parts and justifies decisions
Analytic Framework Political Economy Ideology Schooling
Application of FrameworkClass Activity • For assigned topic • explain the beliefs and implications of the beliefs for the topic assigned for each of the three parts of the analytic framework • change the belief(s) in one of the three analytic parts and explain how the other two might/could/would possibly change • share before and after situations with class