Chapter 3: Social Science Theories and Their Implications to Education

disruption of stability in society

Failure of one social institution to do its part means?

compromise

It welcomes conflict for that is the way to the establishment of a new society and the resolution leads to a?

True

T/F: According to the conflict theory, education is not truly a social benefit or opportunity as seen by the functionalist

Symbolic Interactionism

The symbolic interactionist theory is also known as?

Functionalism

They see active social change as undesirable

Functionalist

They see education as a beneficial contribution to an ordered society

Cybercrime Act of 2012

This address legal issues concerning online interactions and the internet in Philippines

Symbolic interactionism

This directs sociologist to consider the symbols and details of everyday life, what these symbols mean and how they interact with each other.

Functinalist theory of education

This focuses on how education serves the need of society through the development of skills encouraging social cohesion

Education

This is concerned with transmission of core values for social control

Hidden curriculum

This socializes young people into obedience and conformity for them to be developed as docile workers

Functionalist, conflict and symbolic interactionist perspective

What are the 3 primary theoritical perspectives?

1. An individual action depends on meaning 2. different people may give different meanings to the same thing 3. Meanings change as individuals interact with one another.

What are the 3 tenets of symbolic interactionist theory?

intellectual, political, economic and social purposes

What are the purposes of schooling according to Functionalist?

neglects the macro level of social interpretation - the big picture

What is the weakness of symbolic interaction theory?

George H. Mead

Who introduced symbolic interactionism to american sociology in 1920s?

Herbert Spencer

Who is the proponent of structural-functional theory?

Structural - Functional theory

A system of interconnected parts each with a unique function where the parts have to work together for stability and balance of the society.

Conflict theory

According to this theory, there are alwyas two opposing sides in a conflict situation

conflict theory

According to this, education is a powerful means of maintaining power structures and creating a docile work force for capitalism