I. Introduction: Educationa. Social institution: An interrelated system of social roles and norms organized about the satisfaction of an important social need or function. Examples: the family, economics, politics, the military, religion, medicine, education, etc.b. The Institution of Education: the systematic, formalized transmission of knowledge, skills and culture.II. Theories of Educationa. Functions of Educationi. Formal curriculumii. Hidden curriculum: other activities that teach students the valueand meaning of what they are learning; probably not even withinthe teacher’s consciousness.1. Jules Henry’s “paradox of education” in Culture Against Man (1963)a. Two lessons learned by all children the first day of school:b. School teaches us to accept the absurd.c. polyphasic learning and “noise”i. showing courtesy to a visitorii. performing homework on the boardiii. finding a song of Irelandd. Learning competition: the zero-sum gameIII. The Conflict View of Educationa. Cultural capitalIV. U.S. Schools Todaya. Inequalitiesb. The Coleman Reportc. Illiteracy in the USi. Illiteracyii. Functional illiteracyiii. Commitment to Public Educationd. Differential outcomesi. Achievement gapii. Controversy over intelligenceiii. Race and “acting white”iv. Gender differentialsv. “stereotype threat” and the self-fulfilling prophecye. Policy and Reforms i. Privatizationii. Charter schoolsf. Insights from Other Education SystemsV. Education in the Developing WorldVI. Communication and Mass Mediaa. Theories of mass mediai. The global villageii. Jürgen Habermas: the Public Sphereiii. Jean Baudrillard: Hyperrealityiv. John Thompson: the Media and Modern Societyv. Globalization and Media ImperialismVII. Technology, Media, and Educationa. The Interneti. Originsii. Effectiii. Technologies of educationiv. Education and the technology gapv. Lifelong LearningVIII. Summary and
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