The practical problems of social and school reform in American communities and schools will be addressed. Ethnic movements have created non-formal educational programs. Assesses pedagogical aspects of movement education and evaluates movement education outcomes regarding movement goals and relations with the larger society. An analysis of the development of modern social institutions with special reference to the sociology of the schools. The school is studied as a social system and in the context of broad social organization.
Course integrates anthropological, psychological, and sociological theories and research evidence.
Focuses on the roles of schools in responding to the health needs of children in collaboration with the family and community. Examined is how schools and communities compliment and support health and social services needed to overcome the conditions that put a young person at educational risk. Analyzes broad national and international political issues as they relate to schools. Political issues are viewed from a contemporary political perspective and are compared to other social science interpretations. An examination is made of the dialectical relationship between the state and the school in an effort to determine how social, economic, and cultural reproduction occurs.