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Advice for Future Students

In all honesty, this class is a lot, as with any class that is condense from 16 weeks down to 4 weeks. That being said, it is very manageable if you really commit yourself to your own success. Be selfish when it comes to your college success. Work your hardest for you. This is your future and it is all within reach, continue working hard and success will come.

My biggest advice for taking this class is to set deadlines for yourself, but leave room for yourself. At the start of each week, I recommend looking at the syllabus and setting your own deadlines within the parameters written in the syllabus. Here is an example of what my typical week to week goals would be. . .

Monday: Module 4 (all)

Tuesday: Module 5 and 6 (all except quizzes)

Wednesday: Catch up or work ahead

Thursday: Films and quizzes

Friday: Free day

Saturday: Posts(3) by 2pm

Sunday: Responses (6) by 9pm

Know your own schedule, know your limits and know what works for you. For me, I am working around a high school schedule which only leaves me the evenings to work. Some people may have the mornings to work, know what works for you and know what time you can do your best work. Furthermore, leave room for some fun. I will not do homework on Fridays. I just won’t do it. Fridays are the days that I allow myself to have some fun, whether that be just staying home and drinking hot chocolate, or hanging out with a few of my friends. Either way, I leave myself a day to decompress and not think about homework. Again, this comes down to knowing your own schedule and knowing that will allow you success within the class.

Lastly, don’t be afraid to share your opinions (as long as you remain respectful while doing so). Sometimes we can get uncomfortable with specific topics, but becoming comfortable with the uncomfortable allows for the most opportunity for growth and learning. Don’t be afraid to challenge your own thinking and possibly grow your own mindset!

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Reflection

Overall, I enjoyed this class more than I thought I would as it was just a class I took to accomplish another Gen. Ed. requirement. For me, the most challenging content-related aspect of this course was differentiating between a psychological perspective and a sociological perspective as I had previous knowledge about psychology going into this course but very little regarding sociology. To overcome this, I made a lot of graphic organizers comparing the two subjects simply to understand.

In all honesty, the main theme of this course for me personally was confusion, but confusion in a good way. A lot of the topics forced me to research them more which in the end allowed me to learn more. Some classmates would make some points that I would not see eye to eye with, but the confusion allowed me to see where they were coming from and be more open to understanding the point they made. Through more research, I was able to grow my own views and opinions on some of the more controversial topics, even if they were mentioned in the book or lecture but not formally discussed.

Researching artifacts for the discussion posts, as well as the artifacts used in these blog posts has allowed me to find ways in which sociology connects to my life, specifically my life as a student, hopefully as you can see from these posts. Going forward, the knowledge gained from this course will better allow me to understand disagreements or actions between people and the possible motivations behind them that may be affecting the larger population on a social level. After all, we live in a world filled with many different types of people with many different background and opinions. One of the kindest things we can do in this world is to try to understand.

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The streets are lined with people. The air is filled with signs displaying creative slogans. The town hall is filled with people anxiously awaiting the decision.

Students gather before school in the courtyard outside. Spread across the grass are notebooks with plans. Laptops display drafts of letters

Social change. Social movements are the platform for social change. Social change often occurs with the fight for equality. The fight for social change is not limited to one generation or group, anyone can fight for social change.

There are four main stages to social movements, emergence, coalescence, bureaucratization, and decline. Emergence occurs when there is little to no organization and no action has besides collective action has been taken. The second stage, coalescence, there is a more defined sense of discontent. Leadership begins to emerge and emerge and strategies for success begin to fall in place. In bureaucratization, some success has been had by the social movement. At this stage however, trained staff must be relied on to carry out organized events. The fourth and final stage, decline has multiple paths it may follow. Decline does not mean failure as other options of decline include success, co-optation and repression. After all, you win some and you lose some.

For myself, I would like to see a change in the way mental health is viewed. Specifically, how mental health is talked about in schools. I would not focus for change on just mental illness, but instead overall mental health across the population.

If I wanted to see a change in my school, it would include planning an argument, gaining some support, and presenting my argument to a person of power within the school. If I wanted to change the way the general population of the entire United States, that would be a little bit harder as there are more people to convince. I would have to include more people for leadership and organization, as well as more people to support. It is far easier to make a social impact with thousands of people than just 10 or 20 people.

That's the main thing with social movements- the people. You need people to fight for the change and you need people that are willing to listen. If people are not willing to listen, no change will be made. Listening is not everything though, an open mind is also required. If everyone has a closed mind, no change will be made as nobody is open to change. We must both fight for and accept change!

Christiansen, J. (n.d.). Four stages of social movements [PDF]. Research Starters: Academic Topic Overviews. Retrieved from https://ehacc.hacc.edu/d2l/common/assets/pdfjs/1.0.0.30/web/viewer.html?file=%2Fcontent%2Fenforced%2F211257-2580_2581.201925%2FFour%2520stages%2520of%2520Social%2520Movements.pdf%3Fd2lSessionVal%3DQJIY6UiM1k5SygEBzSZxCZ1gf%26ou%3D211257&lang=en-us&container=d2l-fileviewer-rendered-pdf&fullscreen=d2l-fileviewer-rendered-pdf-dialog&height=657#page=7

Mental health in schools: A hidden crisis affecting millions of students. (2016, August 31). Retrieved January 11, 2019, from National Public Radio website: https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/08/31/464727159/mental-health-in-schools-a-hidden-crisis-affecting-millions-of-students

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Guess who’s white. Your preconceptions and own life experiences may tell you that it is easy to do. But, it may be harder than you expected. Watch the video and try to guess along with the main participant. How did you do?

One reason for the challenge is the difference between race and ethnicity. Race is a group of people who share a set of characteristics- typically, but not always, physical ones- and are said to share a common bloodline (Conley, 2017, p. 324). Despite this, biological race differences do not exist. Race is largely a social construction. Ethnicity however is more of an individual construction. Ethnicity is one’s ethnic quality or affiliation. It is voluntary, self-defined, non hierarchical, fluid and multiple, and based on cultural differences, not physical ones per se. Again, ethnicity is based on the individual and is largely influenced by culture, how society accepts these choices.

The video clearly shows these difference. How some people identify may come as a surprise, but they are not wrong to identify that way. Being white is an ethnic choice. One’s race may certainly influence this choice, but it is ultimately up to the individual.

Different backgrounds, different cultures, different races, different ethnicities- they all fill schools across the countries. Most schools may be predominantly one, however there is still diversity. What does this mean for education? Two things: enforcing the concept of respect and including diversity in the curriculum.

From a young age, children learn the differences between right and wrong (subjectable to individual opinions). If you look at a classroom from a pre-k to 4th grade level, most of the dolls will be white, most of the board games will depict white characters, most of the carton cut outs on the wall will be white. There is a lack of representation of the diversity within our schools. From a young age, there is a focus on ethnocentrism even if it is not purposeful. Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own culture or group is superior to others and the tendency to view other cultures from the perspective of one’s own.

The curriculum can’t be too bad can it? The answer is that it’s not terrible, it does get the job done and our students are learning. The problem is that it further supports ethnocentrism. In my experience, all history classes have been from the American perspective no matter the topic. In my personal science class experience, we spend more time on the American scientists than those from around the world, no matter the significance of their accomplishments.

All in all, race and ethnicity are often personal to a person. Always remember to be respectful when discussion topics related to race or ethnicity or similar topics. See the post on gender as it touches on similar content of more personal subjects.

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist (Core 5th ed.). New York, United States: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Cut. (2017, November 14). People guess who is white in a group of strangers [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fv7CqCjiJw

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When it comes to gender, there is more than just male and female. A person’s sex is determined by the biological differences that distinguish between male and female. Sexuality is the desire, sexual preference, and sexual identity and behavior. Gender however is a social position. Gender is a set of social arrangements that are built around normative sex categories (Conley, 2017, p. 281).

Within the last few years, we have seen an uproar for equal rights for all people, now matter where they fall on the gender spectrum. For example, the LGBTQ+ Community hosts many events as a way to increase awareness and fight for equal rights.

However, what are schools like for members of the LGBTQ+ Community? Each individual has different experiences, however GLSEN collect information to make some generalizations about students within schools. I chose the climate of Pennsylvania schools as my example, however the GLSEN website has information specific for almost all of the states in the United States.

I would like to draw your attention to Figure 1 in from the PDF link posted above. These are very high percents! Or, look at Figure 3. Some students don’t feel comfortable using the bathroom at school. Lastly, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that

52% of transgender students were prevented from using their chosen name or pronouns (GLSEN).

As with anything else, you are more than entitled to have your own beliefs and opinions, it is encouraged! Personally, I believe that everyone should have the same rights and should be treated fairly. Furthermore, I believe that students should feel accepted and safe in the school environment. After all, school is place where an entire generation currently is preparing to be the future.

When it comes to gender, an important aspect is respect. It would be nice if everyone was accepted, but that is unrealistic as many people have differing opinions on the topic of gender. Therefore, I ask one thing of you. . . you don’t have to accept, but will you respect the differences?

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist (Core 5th ed.). New York, United States: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

GLSEN. (2017). School climate in Pennsylvania [PDF]. Retrieved from https://www.glsen.org/sites/default/files/Pennsylvania%20State%20Snapshot%20-%202017%20NSCS_0.pdf

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Believe it or not, college courses are an example of a topic that connects well with the concept of McDonaldization. Specifically, I would like to look at college courses that are offered online, such as the course I am completing this project for. As a disclaimer, this is in no way meant to “attack” the Introduction to Sociology course in any way, it is simply a well-known example to me. Furthermore, many college students have taken online courses and some of these explanations would also connect to the traditional classroom setting course.

McDonaldization, a concept driven by the metaphor of the efficiency of fast-food companies, has five key components: efficiency, predictability, calculability (quantity over quality), substitution of non-human technology, and control. Each of these components can connect to the setting of higher education.

For many students, online courses are efficient. During the normal term, students can work at their own pace, truly maximizing their available time. Winter or summer sessions are also efficient as often students can warn the standard 3 credits in as little as 4 weeks. That saves a student ¾ of the time of the typical semester course and opens up the traditional semester availability for other courses.

With all college courses, there are elements of predictability. For example, many professors use the same general assignments and plans semester to semester. Professors also are not likely to drastically change their teaching styles. Therefore, if you speak to someone who took the class previously, you know what to expect. Furthermore, at most colleges and universities, it is policy to give the students a course syllabus. Students then know what to expect from the course and there are no surprise.

Calculability, or quantity over quality can also be seen in online courses, specifically those that are condensed down into 4 or 6 weeks. One example is from my current course that I am sure some students can relate to. Sometimes little feedback is given for the purpose of grading more students’ work. Again, this is not to attack courses that experience this. Often, it is necessary for more students to receive some feedback than for only a few students to receive very extensive feedback.

The implication on non human technology can be applied to online quizzes. Not all courses utilize this approach, however those who do are utilizing a component of McDonaldization. When students take a quiz online, the professor often does not have to grade the entire quiz. Instead, the computer does it for them. Even if the professor must still grade some short answer responses, efficiency is increased as the professor does not have to grade every component of the quiz.

Lastly, courses all have an element of control. Courses must be approved by the college or university to make sure they meet standards. If they same course is taught by multiple professors, each professor may be required to include certain assignments to make sure there is uniformity across the course. At the conclusion of the course, often students are asked to evaluate the course as well as the professor. If they overall department receives this information, this allows for the possibility of changes to be made for all students to have a similar learning experience.

Now it’s your turn. Think of your own life. Can you think of aspects within your own life that McDonaldization had begun to occur with?

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist (Core 5th ed.). New York, United States: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

[Image with an orange background showing a connection between common elements of an online college course]. (2014, December 23). Retrieved from https://www.tuw.edu/content/gen-ed/online-college-courses-work/

Ritzer, G. (n.d.). The McDonaldization of society [PDF]. Retrieved from https://ehacc.hacc.edu/d2l/common/assets/pdfjs/1.0.0.30/web/viewer.html?file=%2Fcontent%2Fenforced%2F211257-2580_2581.201925%2FGeorge-Ritzer-The-McDonaldization-of-Society%2520unlocked.pdf%3Fd2lSessionVal%3D198lqRSErpMuFvY5Almu884Aq%26ou%3D211257&lang=en-us&container=d2l-fileviewer-rendered-pdf&fullscreen=d2l-fileviewer-rendered-pdf-dialog&height=913#page=10

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Income. We don’t typically discuss it unless you’re in a room full of high schoolers all earning around minimum wage. What exactly does income determine though? One thing it determines is someone’s socioeconomic status.

Socioeconomic status is an individual’s position in a stratified social order. This is often based on income and wealth. Income is the money received by a person for work, from transfers, or from returns on investments, whereas wealth is a family’s or individual’s net worth (Conley, 2017, p. 258).

The link above is to a research study published by the New York Times comparing parent’s socioeconomic status to the achievement levels of the students. Two graphs are displayed, both the overall school achievement and the differences between different group of students. Both of these graphs display the effects socioeconomic status has on education.

School districts are based on the surrounding neighborhoods and areas. Therefore, there is often a common theme of income (as with anything, there are a few outliers of course). These differences in social class can drastically influence an education experience.

Many school districts that are in lower income areas have lower taxes which result in less money being given to school districts. Furthermore, many low-income families are unable to provide their children with the items necessary to succeed in school. Despite the likely higher cost of living in higher income locations, families have more income to budget to spend on their children’s educational necessities and additional non essential items.

Furthermore, this can apply to the opportunities to attend college. For some families, financial income prevents children from attending college. Social mobility however can allow people to switch between social statuses. Social mobility is the movement between different positions within a system of social stratification in any given society (Conley, 2017, p. 267). Going off of the example above, social mobility would include an adult attending college as they now have the means to do so.

Income is largely based on the job that someone has. Changes in the economy can cause people to lose their job as companies try to maximize their profit. In this case, the change in social position would be due to structural mobility. Structural mobility is simply mobility that is inevitable from changes in the economy. One example of this is high loss of jobs following a stock market crash.

Can you think of a time that your social class has affected you? Can you think of a time that you have moved between social classes? This could be another example of how sociology could apply to your life!

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist (Core 5th ed.). New York, United States: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Rich, M., Cox, A., & Bloch, M. (2016, April 29). Money, race and success: How your school district compares. Retrieved January 10, 2019, from The New York Times website: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/29/upshot/money-race-and-success-how-your-school-district-compares.html

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In school, there is always ¨that student¨. The student that seems to get under your skin during every class. The student who completely changes the atmosphere of the room as soon as the enter. Have a person in mind yet? If you´re currently a student, there is a high likelihood that you can name one, if not more than one person. If it has been a while since you were a student, may not. But what about that one coworker? That one extended family member you are somehow related to? What about that one cashier you always seem to get in the grocery store checkout line. The point is, you can probably name someone that you just seem to understand or get along with too well.

But why? What are they doing? Clicking their pen, or entering the room and beginning to sing at the top of their lungs. If it’s the first, they may just be acting on one of your pet-peeves. If it’s the latter, they may be causing some social deviance (unless it’s musical rehearsal for the drama club). This is where sociology comes in, examining the breaking of societal acceptance.

Deviance is simply any transgression of socially established norms (Conley, 2017, p. 191). There are two main types of deviance- formal deviance and informal deviance. Formal deviance would include actions that include breaking laws whereas informal deviance would be actions that break the socially defined expectations of society.

Is it acceptable to ask to borrow paper and pencil every day? Every once and awhile, sure. Everyday, definitely not. It is a societal expectation that as a student you come to class prepared, therefore this would be an example of informal deviance. Is it acceptable to cheat on an exam? No, never. This would be an example of formal deviance as schools have rules against cheating and plagiarism.

Sometimes deviance gains some stares and strange looks, other times it may go unnoticed. If you borrow a pencil everyday, you may get a few eye rolls and annoyed sighs, but there won’t be any formal punishment. If you plagiarize however, there can be serious punishments as this is a from of formal deviance. At the university level, you could be kicked out of a program for plagiarizing an assignment,

Can you think of a time you have been deviant? You may not have even realized it at the time that you were being deviant. Yet another way the sociology connects to our lives!

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist (Core 5th ed.). New York, United States: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

BuzzFeedVideo. (2016, November 6). The types of students in your class [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xab6HLwDFT4

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More and more, we begin to see children involved in extracurriculars and clubs. They’re good for the student, right? Teach time management, teach leadership and teach commitment. However, are we stretching the youth of this generation too far? When is enough activities enough? Is the mountain of extracurriculars doing more harm than good? What about the parents of the students, how is it affecting them? I’m no stranger to extracurriculars- 12 non-academic to be exact. Sure, I may be an extreme case, but what about the children involved in 2 to 4?

Above is link for an article from PsychCentral titled “Too Many Extracurricular Activities May Do More Harm Than Good”. This article briefly explain some of the negative effects on children and parents if too many extracurriculars endeavors occur, such as putting a strain on the family’s dynamic as members hustle to and from activities.

From a sociological perspective, there can also be further consequences for a family involved in multiple activities. These consequences relate to the statuses and roles of social interaction. A status is a recognizable social position, whereas a role is the duties and behaviors expected from the status (Conley, 2017, p. 132). The parent may have multiple status such as father, coach, engineer, etc. and the child may have titles such as musician, athlete, student and sibling making up their status set.

For both the child and the adult, role conflict could occur as they each try to meet the demands of each status. If the parent is both the mother and coach of their child’s soccer team, they could have a difficult time differentiating between the two roles while at soccer practice. The emphasis of role conflict is that it pertains to different statuses. Role strain on the other hand refers to one status as it is the incompatibility among roles corresponding to a single status. This would occur when the multiple roles of being a student or the multiple roles of being a parent clash against each other.

Do you experience role strain or role conflict? I know I do as I balance being a student with being a leader in multiple clubs. Think about your own life? Is this another example of sociology that connects to your life?

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist (Core 5th ed.). New York, United States: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Pedersen, T. (2018, May 15). Too many extracurricular activities for kids may do more harm than good. Retrieved December 29, 2018, from Psych Central website: https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/05/15/too-many-extracurricular-activities-for-kids-may-do-more-harm-than-good/135388.html

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Ding, ding, ding. The bell rings three times on the pitch of middle c. Students begin to fill the classroom with their new outfits, new backpacks and assortment of new school supplies. The key word is new.

9:25am. The snooze button is slapped. 9:40am. The students leaps out from the new bedding, stumbles over to the new coffee maker and quickly assembles themself for the 10am class. Again, the key word is new.

Whether it be in the elementary, secondary or postsecondary setting, back-to-school time is a big deal. After all, it is a time for a fresh start, a new beginning. According to the National Retail Federation, back-to-school and college spending reaches approximately 83 billion dollars. That’s a lot of money.

Our society is largely based on the idea of consumerism, the steady acquisition of material possessions, often with the belief that happiness and fulfillment can thus be achieved (Conley, 2017, p. 107). This is clearly seen from the 83 billion dollars that Americans spend during the back to school season. Within consumerism, there are multiple principles that drive consumerism, including conspicuous consumption, invidious consumption and conspicuous compassion.

Conspicuous consumption would be buying luxury goods, such as the latest model of a high end laptop, simply to show that one can have it- to display their economic purchasing power. Invidious consumption is meant to provoke the envy of other people. In this case, the latest phone that one may own would only be owned to make someone jealous. Lastly, conspicuous compassion would include donating money to a charity as you pay for your purchases at the register. From this, one can say that they supported charity and this enhances their social prestige.

However, often not just one principle drives consumption. Instead, many times more than one of these applies to the consumption of goods, whether it is on the conscious or unconscious level. The next time you buy something, think to yourself, “Why am I purchasing this?” Does your purchase fit into one of the sociological consumerism principles discussed above?

Back-to-school 2018. (2018). Retrieved January 10, 2019, from National Retail Federation website: https://nrf.com/insights/holiday-and-seasonal-trends/back-school

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist (Core 5th ed.). New York, United States: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

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Technology. It’s all around us. It affects us daily, even within our education. There’s the obvious- the online college course that I’m currently doing this project for. But, what about the impact of technology on younger learners?

The study completed by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project examining how technology impacts both teachers and students. Data was collected in two phases from a diversity of students and teachers at the middle school and high school level. The main focus was to see how technology is influencing writing and research habits. A secondary focus was how teachers are incorporating technology into their teaching and general classroom environment. The first page of the published research is an overview, but more specific data and research methods can be found from clicking through the pages at the bottom. In general, it was found that technology has made a large impact, including the communication between teachers, students and parents, the amount of content a teacher is expected to know, and how information is obtained.

Research is a large element of the field of sociology. Research is crucial for the creation of new evidence to both create new ideas as well as continuing evidence to support ideas that are already accepted, as well as the various stages in between. Anybody can go out and create a study, but that doesn’t mean that it will be widely accepted. There are basic principles of research, ethics to follow and a range of statistical significant in all research whether it be qualitative or quantitative and inductive or deductive.

There are various research methods which each have their own advantages and disadvantages depending on the topic being researched, such as the Hawthorne Effect, accidental bias, participant honesty or failure to see additional influences due to method chosen. Methods can include things such as experiment, case study, longitudinal study, interview, survey and observation.

Research often contains an independent and a dependent variable, as well as the opportunity for confounding variables. In all studies, there is the opportunity for multiple of each variable. In the study linked to this post, the independent variable is the access the students and teachers have to technology. The dependent variables would then include things such as the success of the students compared to students with differing levels of technological resources.

Causation versus correlation is another aspect of research that is vital to the understanding of the data collected. Causation is just as it sound, one thing (A) caused another thing (B). In correlation however, A and B may have the same trend, however A does not cause B. Reverse causality is similar and this is where the researcher believes A causes B, but in reality B causes A (Conley, 2017, p. 51). If you would like a good laugh, check out this link. . . http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations. These graphs clearly illustration the importance of correlation instead of assuming everything is causation. As with most things in life, remember that correlation does not automatically mean causation! There may be other factors influencing something that you had no idea about!

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist (Core 5th ed.). New York, United States: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Purcell, K., Heaps, A., Buchanan, J., & Friedrich, L. (2013, February). How teachers are using technology at home and in their classroom. Retrieved from Pew Research Center database.

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To begin, I would like to explain sociology. Sociology is the study of human society, including divisions such as sports, religions, music and medicine (Conley, 2017, p. 3). I could tell you about the two centuries of sociologists, but if you’re the average person then that would probably be a rather yawn-inducing read. Instead, I would like to connect a recent event to the main theories of sociology.

Three are three main theories: functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactionism. Functionalism states that social institutions and processes in society exist to serve some important (or necessary) function to keep society running. Conflict theory however argues that conflict between competing interests is the basic, animating force of social change and society in general. Symbolic interactionism is a micro-level theory in which shared meanings, orientations and assumptions form the basic motivations behind people’s actions (Conley, 2017, p. 31-33).

In addition to the three main theories, there are additional theories such as feminist theory and midrange theory. Feminist theory emphasizes equality between men and women with a main goal of having women’s lives and experiences represented in sociological studies. Midrange theory attempts to predict how certain social institutions.

In early 2018, the news often covered stories of teacher strikes fighting for things such as higher wages, better benefits or better classroom resources. Strikes, rallies and general support came from all across the country.

Different sociological theories would view this movement differently. A conflict theorist would argue that the conflict between different resources (the pay or classroom resources) is necessary for progress to be made. The CNN article above shows some of the gains the teachers earned from the conflict.

A midrange theorist makes predictions by analyzing the real world and generating falsifiable hypotheses. For example, a midrange theory would predict the relationship between the educational system and other institutions.

A feminist theorist would view the teachers’ strike as a fighting for equal pay among the male teachers and female teachers. A feminist theorist may also view this as the female teachers fighting for representation of the more traditional gender role female positions.

Think of a recent event in your own life or an event you saw as you watched the evening news. Can you connect one of theses theories to that event?

P.S. The teacher strike is a social movement! Read the social movement post to see the connections!

Conley, D. (2017). You may ask yourself: An introduction to thinking like a sociologist (Core 5th ed.). New York, United States: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Yan, H. (2018, May 29). Here's what teachers accomplished with their protests this year. Retrieved January 11, 2019, from CNN website: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/us/what-teachers-won-and-lost/index.html

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Introduction

Hello, world of Tumblr (and mainly my fellow Sociology friends)! This account was created for the completion of my Introduction to Sociology final project for my Introductory to Sociology winter session course. I will be posting 13 posts with various “artifacts” relating to the topics of sociological theories, research, culture, socialization, deviance, social class, globalization and the economy, gender, race, and social movements. The main theme for my posts will revolve around education and schools, however there may be a few outliers. Education is a passion of mine and being a student, it is something I connect easily with. Either way, I hope to connect the topics of sociology to examples that most of the readers can connect to within their lives.  Sociology is a vast field, but it’s not a scary as it looks! Stay posted for more information on how sociology is all around us!

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APA Citation: 

[Multiple children gathered around one iPhone.]. (2014, December 18). Retrieved      from https://pumpic.com/security/advanced-child-cell-phone-monitoring-app/