Describe the types of elementary and high schools you have attended.
For example:
Alternative approach school: e.g. Magnet school, Montessori, or Emilio Reggio
Home school
Public school: Rural or Urban (Public School for this essay)
Private or Independent school
Parochial: of, relating to, supported by, or located in a parish or church
Part Two:
Compose a 2-3 paragraph (500 word minimum) response evaluating your educational experiences using the four (4) theoretical perspectives outlined in your text (Schaefer 2019, pp 286-293).
Functionalist Perspective
Manifest functions include:
transmission of knowledge
conferral of status.
Latent functions include:
transmitting culture
promoting social and political integration
maintaining social control
serving as agents of change.
Conflict Perspective
The conflict perspective views education as an instrument of elite domination.
Education socializes students into values dictated by the powerful and stifles creativity and individualism.
Inhibiting effects are apparent in:
the hidden curriculum
credentialism
bestowal of status.
Feminist Perspective
The feminist perspective holds that the educational system of the United States has been characterized by discriminatory treatment of women.
Feminist theorists are also keenly interested in the role of womens education in economic development as a global concern.
Interactionist Perspective
Labeling of children has an impact on school performance.
The teacher-expectancy effect refers to a teachers expectations of a students performance affecting the students actual performance.
Papers Guidelines:
You will choose a minimum of 2 terms introduced in this week’s assigned chapter and information retrieved from a reliable peer reviewed journal article that connects with your discussion/explanation to this week’s topics.
Length of essay will be no less than 500-words
Essays format will include:
Double spaced with 1 inch margins
Times New Roman, size 12 font
Application of APA Writing Style:
Title Sheet (Separate page information displayed should include: Title of Assignment, Class Name, Student Name, Date)
Abstract (150 to 250 – word paragraph that provides readers with a quick overview of your essay’s intention (central idea).
Main Body of Essay (Opening statement should set the stage for each paragraph that is introducing a new topic. You should provide evidence, analyze the evidence, and prove your objective this area of your essay should display information retrieved from reliable outside sources (journal articles/textbook) that are cited in the main body of your essay.
ucation.
