Chapter+17+Education


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Our final chapter on institutions is the school. Unlike the family in human history, not all people experienced formalized, institutionalized education. Indeed, it is a recent phenomenon. But, like the family the institution of education is evolving in many ways. No longer are schools the one room affair as portrayed above. Some schools are not even the "brick and mortar" buildings of yesterday, but rather are a virtual experience: cyber-schooling.

__**Lesson 1**__ There is an historical precedent for why we have public education. Be sure to read assigned sections of your text.

__**Lesson 2** The Functionalist Perspective: The Provision of Social Benefits__ Public education has many functions. All these can be broken up into two categories: Here's where we connect the above with your experiences at KIS. And this marks the beginning of your final assessment (a.k.a. your final exam mark). You and members of your group must decide: For each of the aforementioned describe in detail on your pages the manifest and latent functions of each of the above questions. (This is counted as participation marks.) Be: Here are your groups. Block F: Block B:
 * Manifest function - intended results
 * Latent function - peripherial results (unintended)
 * 1) What are five manifest functions of your experiences at KIS?
 * 2) What are three latent functions of your experience at KIS?
 * CREATIVE
 * ACCURATE
 * **MEMBERS** || **LINK** ||
 * Jason, Kuenwha, John || JKJ ||
 * Alena, Chaeri, Steve || AJS ||
 * Dongmin, Nathan, Matt || DNM ||

Be sure to create an interesting and informative Wikispace page that demonstrates what the manifest and latent functions are of your experience at KIS. Read pp. 492-494 for some more information on this. You have 50 minutes of this class. Good luck. I am looking forward to your lesson.
 * **MEMBERS** || **LINK** ||
 * Dongju, Yongmin, Jihyun, || DY ||
 * Lauren, Jon, Jay || LJL ||

__**Lesson 3**__ The focus of this lesson is on post-secondary education, careers and how conflict theory examines the connection between these. Here is your short, albeit challenging, assignment:

The focus for your last project in this chapter and unit is to find out about some issue in education by interviewing a teacher from the KIS staff. Here is your assignment:
 * __Lesson 4__**

Social Institution Education Interview Block F Social Institution Education Interview Block B