SYLLABUS Course Number: SOCI 1025 Course Title: Sociology of American Culture Fall 2014 Professor: Todd Motto E-mail: tmotto1@fordham.edu 12:45 Meeting day and time: Section L01 – Tue/Fri 11:30amSection R01 – Tue/Fri 2:30-3:45pm Phone: 646 753 0394 Credits: 3 Office Hours: By appointment Course Description A course in the sociology of American culture for students enrolled in the “English as a second language” (ESL) program and taking College ESL Writing (I in Fall and II
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1 Preparing Teachers as Agents of Change The Wheaton College Teacher Education Program Conceptual Framework The Department of Education (the unit charged with teacher preparation) at Wheaton College envisions the teacher as an agent of change. This conceptualization of teaching has a spiritual and historical foundation as well as a theoretical framework. The role of teacher as an agent of change is tied closely to the college’s mission‚ “to produce whole and effective Christians to serve Christ
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Chapter 1 “The Accordion Family: Boomerang Kids‚ Anxious Parents‚ and the private toll of Global Competition (83-92) The model family is only a myth‚ nothing more. There is no such thing as a perfect family where there is no problem‚ no disputes and fights. As I read through “The Accordion Family”‚ I actually feel as if the model family can only break family down and cause more disappointment in reality. In the accordion family‚ the kids come back to live‚ usually temporarily‚ with their parents
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back from better paying jobs‚ including family background‚ income‚ status and the neighborhood in which you live. It is evident that from a young age certain people (the rich) have a better chance at achieving more and landing a high-paying job. Mantsios (2014) looks at how three different life styles affect three different individuals; The first young man was raised by a wealthy family and continued to excel and reach his dreams while his two counterparts were not that lucky. Both were not able
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Obstacles to Unity Coming Of Age In Mississippi‚ Anne Moody’s poignant autobiographical account of growing up black in Mississippi in the years surrounding the Civil Rights Movement‚ allows us to peer through a window into a world that no textbook could accurately represent. What we see forces us to discard any illusions of the Movement: that it was an effortless transition to improved race-relations‚ that it consisted of a unified Southern black front battling segregation and white oppression
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A Brief History of Alternative Education by Ron Miller Why are there "alternative" schools? Our system of public schooling was first organized in the 1830’s to provide a common‚ culturally unifying educational experience for all children‚ yet from the very beginning‚ certain groups of educators‚ parents‚ and students themselves have declined to participate in this system. Their reasons are various‚ and the forms of schooling--and nonschooling--that they have chosen instead are equally diverse
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The monolithic construction of the “Third World Woman”‚ as proposed by Mohanty‚ is demonstrated in recent campaigns by right-wing nationalistic groups in Australia and around the world to ‘Ban the Burqa ’. This was a campaign proclaiming to protect and support and empower Islamic women. We argue that in Western discourse there indeed exists a disconnection between women as the subaltern ‘other’ women and their ‘real’ manifestation as the “material subjects of their collective histories” (Mohanty
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rather than one direct problem. As citizens‚ we know that flaws are expected in any sort of process/system and the education system‚ being so vast‚ is bound to have many issues in its own. Authors and scholars from around the world‚ such as Jonathan Kozol‚ David Orr‚ Sir Ken Robinson and many others‚ help present these flaws to the public through intense persuasive and informational writing/speaking. Data shows that the United States has been and continues to fall behind other countries like Finland
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multi-culturalism. The majority of these social programs have been unsuccessful when one realizes that a vast amount of America’s youth have to attend schools that are overcrowded‚ short-staffed‚ and lack the basic necessities for successful learning (Kozol‚ 1991). My vision for public education is: Equality for All Students‚ regardless of their social status‚ race‚ gender‚ or minority.This essay will discuss the inequalities in education in the areas listed below: Teachers and Standards Diversity and
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Downfalls of Standardized Testing In January of 2002‚ President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law. This act required that each state develop standardized tests for basic skills and administer the tests to all students in order to receive federal funding for their school. Each state was required to set progress goals‚ and each school in the state must make adequate yearly progress‚ meaning that each year‚ the current students must perform better on the test than the
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