Perspectives

The United States has developed the most comprehensive education system in the world due to faith in the value of education. Schools open the doors to higher income opportunites and a better standard of living. They are the key element in the American dream. || || Many people believe that schools cannot meet the expectations that are government has placed on them, so confidence in all education is slowly deteriorating. Currently many people believe that an education reform is needed. || ||
 * Breit, Darin R. || Positive -Confidence in Education
 * Busser, Jacob L. || Negative- Confidence in Education
 * Erckfritz, Amanda R. || Positive - Education and Enduring Social Issues ||  ||
 * Gartamaker, Kimberly K || Negative - Education and Enduring Social Issues- Schools represent only one influence on the patterns of beliefs and the behaviors of society. Schools are limited in what they can do, and giving too many responsibilities to the schools may divert attention away from other solutions. || [[image:http://www.ausaid.gov.au/anrep/rep08/img/img-youngfijians.jpg width="175" height="133"]] ||
 * Grassel, Tyler J. || Tensions Between the Primary Institutions in Society - What is the conflict between education and family Responsibility?

The biggest conflict most educators have is that more and more students are having trouble in school because of their home life. Many students who start school do not get taught the simple things and the parents expect the teacher to teach them all of this. It is the families responsibility to make sure that the student is ready and able to little tasks before they start school. Yes a teacher is supposed to teach the student but having help from the family does wonders for the student and the teacher. || || Both have a deep interest in the development of youth. Legal decisions have clarified the separation between church and state. Many view schools as anti-religious. A major controversy is the teaching of evolution versus intelligent design. || ||
 * Hanisch, Alicia T. || Tensions Between the Primary Institutions in Society - What is the Conflict Between Education and Religion?
 * Helling, Jason T. || **Negative of the the functionalist perspective** - Functionalism focuses on the majority rather than the individual. It focuses on a common thing and takes away diversity. || [[image:2eb7tja.jpg width="199" height="118"]] ||
 * Hudelson, Devin T. || Positive of the functionalist perspective- Functionalism focuses on the dominant values in society and emphasizes the benefits of a common language, common values, and the development of useful skills in order to assimilate diverse groups and mold them into a functioning and cohesive society. || [[image:functionalism.jpg width="150" height="162"]] ||
 * Kerkvliet, Chalsea A. || Positive of the conflict perspective - Power and dominance are key concepts. Social class, race, gender, and age are viewed as just as important in viewing educational programs and achievements as ability and merit. || [[image:http://imgs.obviousmag.org/archives/uploads/2009/09042201_blog.uncovering.org_girasole.jpg width="228" height="108"]] ||
 * McClanahan, Clarissa J. || Negative of the the conflict perspective-The admission to the gifted and talented programs is often based on criteria that favor higher social classes. Thus, minority and low socioeconomic status students are often excluted from gifted and talented programs. || [[image:students_2.jpg width="115" height="128"]] ||
 * Olesen, Heather M. || Positive of the symbolic interactionist perspective -This perspective focuses on the "micro" level of what actually takes places in the classroom. Students develop their identities, learn their self-concepts and develop their hopes and inspirations through interactions with others. This reflects the idea that we learn who we are through the "mirror of others". || [[image:SI_pic.jpg width="252" height="123"]] ||
 * Ollerich, Julie E. || Negative of the symbolic interactionist perspective - In this perspective, teacher expectations influence student behavior and achievement.This may lead to a self-fulfilling prophesy for the teacher. If the student's cultural background and behaviors differ from those of the teacher, the teacher may see the student as being rebelious, unmotivated, and disrespectful. Many teachers are female, so their views are more consistent with the development and socialization of girls. Therefore, boys are disciplined more frequently and develop more negative self-concepts. || [[image:teacher_in_classroom.jpg width="253" height="166"]] ||
 * O'Neill, Amanda M. || Positive of The Functionalist Perspective- The functionalist perspective provides some guidance for addressing persistent education problems. For example, when addressing the issue of student failure, the functionalist perspective suggests that the school work in conjunction with other institutions such as the family. Therefore, making parents partners in learning and cultivating school-business partnerships would be recommended. || [[image:functionalist.gif width="321" height="202"]] ||
 * Poncelet, Susan M. || Negative of the The Functionalist Perspective - it is thought that merit is the primary consideration in sorting and that the learners do not come to school and compete for jobs on a level playing field. Some students lack the capital in order to compete. || [[image:images.jpg width="189" height="93" align="center"]] ||
 * Rensch, Cera || Positive of the The Conflict Perspective- ||  ||
 * Rosberg, Brittany D. || Negative of the The Conflict Perspective-There is almost no scientific data that school intentionally serve the power groups of society. The conflict perspective tends to ignore the histroy of education as an institution that has provided upward mobility for individuals from all social classes. || [[image:poiu.jpg width="216" height="153"]] ||
 * Sober, Miranda L. || Positive of the The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective- With this perspective every day life is included. They claim that students develop their identities, learn their self-concepts, and develop their hopes and aspirations through interacting with others. The interaction between students and teachers is critical in understanding society roles, which can take place within the classroom. || [[image:emerson.jpg width="120" height="89"]] [[image:img17.jpg width="140" height="65"]] ||
 * Thompson, Colleen A. || **Negative of the The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective -** An important issue of this perspective is the need for a diverse teaching force better prepared to handle a culturally diverse student body. Although efforts are being made, it is difficult to attract these teachers from all different races, ethnicities, genders and social classes in order to properly meet the needs of our students. Plus, no matter how well trained your teaching staff may be, you still have cultural biases and preconceived notions that are hard to eradicate. || [[image:http://courses.ttu.edu/aschneid/5320s09/si.jpg width="256" height="126"]] ||
 * Thompson, Patrice R. || Recruiting and Retaining Teachers - Recruiting and Retaining Teachers- No aspect of education is more important than quality teachers because, of all factors that affect the quality of students and education, teachers have the most impact. Teaching has not been viewed as an intellectually challenging profession or one that demands much skill. The average salary of teachers is usually far below those of other professions with similar education levels. || [[image:teacherstrike-resized-600.jpg width="241" height="163"]] ||
 * Trapp, Jeffrey L. || Recruiting and Retaining Teachers - social standing and their level of respect. Social status, the position or rank of a person or group within the society, can be determined two ways. One can earn their social status by their own achievements, which is known as achieved status. Teachers can make or brake their status by how they handle the children and to what level they achieve. || [[image:imagesCAHI0IBT.jpg width="187" height="169"]] ||
 * Vander Brink, Alisha J. || School Violence--school violence has become a bigger problem in some areas. Also in some areas it is very rare but students have the right to be scared and it is happening in every school whether it be a lot or . || [[image:school-violence.jpg]] ||
 * Willson, Todd R. || Positive -Confidence in Education: That over 67% of the parents in the Gallup organization gave their schools an A and B in their overall performance. American 4th graders were well above the average in mathematics and were third in the world for the science. Reading skills for American children were only 2nd to Finish children in the world. I believe that American schools are educating our children. || [[image:hiv_positive_speaker_bowers.jpg width="190" height="146"]] ||
 * Wilson, Alisha N. || Negative- Confidence in Education- People feel that our education system can not meet the standards set by our government. In fact, many people are hoping for an educational reform. Also, teachers are highly criticized by politicians and people in the media. [|Examples of teacher criticism in the media] || [[image:education.jpg width="176" height="178"]] ||
 * Dr. Fiegen || ARE THE SCHOOLS FAILING? - The text book authors try to point out that the school are not really failing. They try to make a case that the attitude of failing schools is made up folks with an ideological agenda. Very controversial! || [[image:this-school-closed.jpg width="240" height="159"]] ||