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    The document outlines 5 major sociological theories of education: 1. Structural functionalism views society as a stable system and examines how social structures maintain equilibrium. It focuses on social consensus and the integration of social parts. 2. Conflict theory sees society as characterized by inequality and conflict over scarce resources. It analyzes power dynamics and how economic factors influence social relations. 3. Symbolic interactionism examines how individuals and groups interact and attach meanings to symbols, and how society influences individuals. 4. Feminism/feminist theory argues that gender is socially constructed and promotes gender equality and women's empowerment. 5. Post-modernism rejects absolute truths and traditional views, and

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    KHRISTINE HAZEL B. FERRERIA MEd-ESL 1996-57053 MATRIX OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF EDUCATION THEORY/PERSPECTIVE 1.

    Structural Functionalism LEVEL OF ANALYSIS Macro level BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 1. Society is a stable and orderly system. 2. Society is characterized by societal consensus (the majority share a common set of values, beliefs, and behavioral expectations. BASIC QUESTIONS 1. What are the purposes of social structures? 2. Who assigns the roles each individual must take? 3. How is balance kept in society? 4. How are parts integrated? 1. Whose interests are being served? 2. Who calls the shots? KEY PROPONENTS/ADVOCATES Emile Durkheim Talcott Parsons Robert Merton KEY CONCEPTS 1.Manifest Functions 2.Latent Functions 3.Social Placement 4. Dysfunction 5. Equilibrium

    2. Conflict Theory

    Macro Level

    3. Symbolic Interactionism

    Micro Level

    1. Conflict is the dominant process that divides society into capitalist and working classes. 2. Society is always in a state of continuous conflict and competition for scarce resources. 1. Society is the sum of interactions of individuals and groups who share symbols and their meanings. 2. People attach meanings to symbols and they act accordingly to how they interpret the meanings of symbols.

    Karl Marx Max Weber C. Wright Mills

    1.Economic situations = inequality and conflict 2. Power 3. Prestige 4. Threats and Coercion

    1. How does society influence an individual? 2. Why do we act differently in situations? 3. How are meanings developed?

    George Herbert Mead Herbert Blumer

    1.Interaction 2. Shortcoming 3. Symbol

    4.Feminism/Feminist Theory Micro Level

    1. Gender is socially created rather than determined by ones biological being. 2. There should be gender equality since women have been subordinate to men.

    5. Post-modernism

    Macro and Micro Levels

    1. There is no God. 2. Society should leave behind the traditional way of looking at many things. 3. All cultures are equally deserving of respect.

    1. What makes men stronger and better than women? 2. What are the things that men can do that women cannot? 3. How can we change and improve the social world to make it a more just place for women and for everyone? 1. What is truth? 2. What is abnormal, deviant, and perverted in society? 3. What is the appropriate role of education in society?

    Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mott

    1.Patriarchy 2. Gender Inequality 3. Women Empowerment

    Martin Heidegger Jacques Derrida Michel Foucault Jean-Franois Lyotard Jean Baudrillard

    1.Atheism 2. Sexual Egalitarianism 3.Politically Correct Education 4. Global Village 5. Information Explosion

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