Universität Wien

190071 SE Education, Socialisation and Society (2016S)

Putting the Critical Glasses on to Examine Schooling and Society

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 19 - Bildungswissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Saturday 05.03. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Saturday 19.03. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Saturday 09.04. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Saturday 23.04. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Saturday 07.05. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Saturday 21.05. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Saturday 04.06. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG
  • Saturday 18.06. 09:45 - 13:00 Seminarraum 6 Sensengasse 3a 2.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This is a 5 ECTS credits seminar that addresses education and society. Schools do not exist in vacuum. They are complex social organizations that reflect, influence and shape the society while themselves are influenced and shaped by the broader society. A good comprehension of these complex processes requires an analysis of the relationships among actors within schools teachers, students, parents, coaches, counselors, administrators and other school staff as well as the actors outside the school along with the impacts of wider social, economic, and political structures. This course will examine how schools and schooling relate to broader social structures, institutions and practices from a critical perspective. Following questions will guide the course:
1) What kind of social organizations are the schools and how are formal and informal relationships organized in the school and what consequences do they have on school and school actors?
2) What does society expect from schools?
3) Which social structures, institutions and practices do impact schools and schooling?
4) What role do social forces outside of the educational system have in influencing educational processes and outcomes?
5) What are the cross-national differences in education and educational values in relation to social forces?

By the end of this course students will be able to:
- understand the forces and factors with the power and/or influence to affect schools and schooling
- articulate the relationship between society, its structures, institutions and practices and schooling along various dimensions
- apply critical thinking skills to their comprehension of schools, schooling and society
- gain a cross-national perspective
- read, evaluate and reflect on scholarly research on education
- engage in related literature in order to answer their own questions as well as this course’s essential questions
- write a scholarly paper examining one of the questions of the course

Assessment and permitted materials

The weighting for the final course grade will be as follows:
- Attendance/participation 10%
- Assignments 20%
- Presentation 30%
- Seminar Paper 40%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Main themes of the course are as follows:
--Schools as social organizations
--Schooling process (System and purpose of schooling)
--Power structure in schools (Actors and relationship patterns)
--Curriculum / Knowledge
--Hidden Curriculum
-- Inputs / Outcomes of schooling
--Variation in schools by class/social structure and power
--Social capital / cultural capital
-- Gender, identity and sexuality
--Race, Ethnicity, language and Culture
--Politics of schooling
--Market economy, privatization, globalization and education
--School Choice
--Critical pedagogy

Reading list

This course will mainly base on scientific articles, books and book chapters. You are also required to conduct a literature review on your thematic subject. Readings will be uploaded on Moodle.
Core Materials:
Ball, S. (Ed.) (2004). The Routledge Falmer Reader in Sociology of Education. London: RoutledgeFalmer.
Ballantine, H. & Hammack, F. M. (Eds.) (2009). The Sociology of Education: A Systematic Analysis. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Brint, S. G. (2006). Schools and Societies. California: Stanford University Press.
Bryk, A. S., & Schneider, B. (2002). Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for Improvement. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Bourdieu, Pierre. "Cultural Reproduction and Social Reproduction." In The Structure of Schooling: Readings in the Sociology of Education, edited by Richard Arum and Irene R. Beattie, 55-68. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing, 2000.
Frandji, D., & Vitale, P. (Eds.) (2011). Knowledge, Pedagogy and Society. London: Routledge.
Freire, P. (1970). Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York; Herder and Herder, pp. 52-67.
Giroux, H. (1997) Pedagogy and the Politics of Hope: Theory, Culture and Schooling (A Critical Reader). Colarado: Westview Press
Hallinan, M. T. (Ed.) (2000). Handbook of the Sociology of Education. NY: Springer.
Oakes, J., Rogers, J., & Lipton, M. (2006). Learning Power: Organizing for Education and Justice. New York: Teachers College Press
Parsons, T. (1959). The School Class as a Social System. Harvard Educational Review, vol. 29 No. 4, 1959 (excerpt pp. 80-85).
Sadovnik, A. R. (Ed.) (2007). Sociology of Education: A critical reader. New York: Routledge.

Association in the course directory

WM-M13

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