CS235 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 - Classical Sociological Approaches to Education
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Macro theories: attempt to understand vast horizons across entire societies. Middle range theories: these theories are circumscribed, offering propositions that are geared to specific times and places such as a particular nation in a particular time period. Collective effervescence: energizing experiences that intensified peoples emotional states/ Objects become sacred when they come to represent a group. Although, not all rituals and symbols equally bind all individuals together with equal force. Industrialization and democratic reforms had sparkled greater individualism by making societies increasingly complex and giving more people a range of social experiences. Began with trust 1) pre-contractual, had to trust one another. Aruges that we all speak a language which we did not create language constitutes us. Durk argued that social norms were essential for moral framework, and trust, where mutual agreements can be made. He believed schools were to teach students to be responsible and internalize their obligation for the larger community.
