Sociology 2144A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Social Mobility, White Privilege, Credentialism And Educational Inflation
23 Jan 2017
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The way we see the world clearly influences how we interpret the social processes that are occurring within it. Some of these theories were very popular in the discipline at one point (e. g. , structural functionalism) but are barely considered now. A macrosocial theory is that focuses on society at the level of social structures and populatio(cid:374)s. it fo(cid:272)usses o(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) as a (cid:449)hole o(cid:374) a la(cid:396)ge s(cid:272)ale. They explain social life at high levels of abstraction. The social structures of interest to macro theorists can refer to societies, cities, nations, and populations in general. A macro-level sociological theory of education would look at the role of education in society as a whole. A microsocial theory is focused on individuals and individual action. It is focused on the individual experiences of students. Mesosocial theory occupies a position between the macro and micro.
