SOCB26H3 Lecture Notes - Wield, Critical Role, Meritocracy
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The most abstract theories r called macro theories. The approaches, also as grand theories , attempt to understand vast horizons across entire societies. The focus is at its widest, spanning centuries of time and large chunks of the geographic world. Etc a macro theorist would approach schooling by linking it to broad modernizing forces that have transformed the world, such as the rise of science over the past two centuries. Middle range theories:more circumscribed, offering propositions that are geared to specific times and places, such as a particular nation in a particular time period. Etc y the canadian higher education system greatly expanded in the immediate post second ww era. Middle range approach might examine more proximate causes. It concerned w/ face to face interactions among ppl, which only a partial eye to broader social forces. Etc a teacher"s classroom management tactics and other attempts to wield authority and keep students under control.
