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23 Cards in this Set
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What source of truth was prominent in the past? |
Religious |
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What source of truth is prominent today? |
Scientific |
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What does the education system do for truth? |
Purveyor of 'truth' |
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What do we tend to do? |
Believe what we want to believe is true |
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Do facts and truths change? |
Yes, both are dynamic |
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What is a belief system a combination of? |
Claims about reality + Ethical and moral claims + technologies |
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When did Scientism arise? |
Scientific revolution |
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What is Scientism? |
View that only science can make legitimate knowledge claims about the world |
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What are the two views of scientific knowledge? |
Objective truth or socially constructed |
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How do sociologists study science from the objective truth view? |
Study how and when science studies, how it is practiced, what influences outcomes, etc. |
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What are the normative structures of science? |
- Communalism - All scientists should have equal acess - Universalism - Everyone can contribute - Disinterestedness - For common purpose, not personal gain - Organized skepticism - Exposed to critical scrutiny |
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How do sociologists study science from the socially constructed view? |
How scientific knowledge emerges and is accepted, how it is affected by social and political forces, impact of funding |
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How does scientific knowledge emerge? |
Thomas Kuhn - Scientific revolutions, paradigm shifts |
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What is the impact of funding structures? |
Corporatization of science, subject to political pressure |
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What is Foucault's poststructuralist claim? |
Knowledge intertwined with power, inseperable |
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What is Feminist's theories on Socially constructed knowledge? |
Women underrepresented, science should be intertwined with social action |
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What are the types of relationships between religion and science? |
- Independence - Conflict - Dialogue |
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What do sociologists explore with respect to schooling? |
- Functions of schooling - Benefits/drawbacks of public vs private - Education socially stratified |
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What are the manifest function of education? |
- Skill/knowledge development - Historical/cultural transmission - Social development and control |
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What are the latent functions of education? |
- Daycare - Social networks and match-making |
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What is the critical perspective with respect to education? |
- Social reproduction of class - Hidden curriculum transmits subtle norms - Streaming as a diversion vs A safety net - Credentialism is linked to social class privilege |
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What is the interactionist perspective with respect to education? |
- Construction of meaning in the classroom - Power differentials in the room - Teachers' perceptions affect student outcomes and self-perspective - Self-fulfilling prophecy |
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What is the postmodern perspective with respect to education? |
- Educational practices and processes are context-specific - Advocate the use of a variety of assessment methods |
