POLI 342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Liberal Democracy
11 May 2018
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Department
Course
Professor
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Education continued: what are the principles, who are the agents?
- Power of attorney
- Central issue: who speaks on behalf of children? Parents, teachers etc.
o The agent acts on behalf of the children
- The principal isn’t just the child, also the community – interest for the public, so who
speaks on behalf of the community?
o Should the gov’t be able to come up with policies that override parents’ choice?
(language in schools etc.)
James Coleman
- Family used to be central, with industrialization the family has moved to the periphery
o Concerned about the implications this may bring
o What kind of societies do we have?
o Co-production: what does the family produce?
- There have been a series of changes in the role of the family, many issues have been
taken over by corporate entities
Transformations:
1. How did the household stop being a place of production? Aristotle wrote about the house
as the center of production – people began to work outside the home: separation of work
and home
2. Women’s roles: can now work, men can choose to stay at home, more 2 working parent
households
There have been good and bad implications: more freedom of choice, less children per family
Coleman tries to understand how children have moved from being a working part of the family
to focusing on education – how did this impact the education system
- What are the consequences for the next generations?
- How do we re-design schools for the benefit of society?
- Religious schools: huge difference in the learning between public and Catholic schools,
children in smaller schools have shown better results, provide better educational services,
teach more than just the basics in smaller schools
- What is the role of the state in providing education? What kind of education?
Coleman outlines the issues but doesn’t say what can be done about the issues
- What is the meaning of our collective experience?
- Since the 50s there have been changes in QC that changed the provision of education
Cases involving gov’t sponsored activities
1. bilingualism
2. multiculturalism
3. women’s program
Thursday, March 22, 2018
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Document Summary
Parents, teachers etc: the agent acts on behalf of the children. There have been a series of changes in the role of the family, many issues have been taken over by corporate entities. There have been good and bad implications: more freedom of choice, less children per family. Coleman tries to understand how children have moved from being a working part of the family to focusing on education how did this impact the education system. Religious schools: huge difference in the learning between public and catholic schools, children in smaller schools have shown better results, provide better educational services, teach more than just the basics in smaller schools. Coleman outlines the issues but doesn"t say what can be done about the issues. Since the 50s there have been changes in qc that changed the provision of education. Cases involving gov"t sponsored activities: bilingualism, multiculturalism, women"s program. The politics of language, multiculturalism and feminism in.
