Review of Chapter ONE

1. Chapter One Education in a Changing Society

2. Our Social Institutions are things/behaviors we have internalized as children…what we do in daily life and why. These things usually stay the same over time, and we rely on this constant. But these things, ‘institutions’, ARE NOW CHANGING in our society and world. The NORMS ARE CHANGING! In what ways will we embrace this change? Why is change so hard to embrace? Social Change…It’s Happening!

3. Alvin Toffler, a futurist, identified several factors that indicate change in our institutions: Breakdown of nuclear family Global energy crisis Influence of cable television Loss of manufacturing jobs in the U.S. Emergence of separatist movements Toffler claims that there is a DEATH OF INDUSTRIALISM and a rise of a new civilization called the THIRD WAVE. We’ve been predicting this…

4. 5 Basic Areas of Social Need/Institutions

5. Factors Influencing ECONOMICS

6. Factors Influencing POLITICS

7. Factors Influencing RELIGION

8. Factors Influencing FAMILY

9. Factors Influencing EDUCATION

12. CHANGE IS DIFFICULT

13. Students from all groups have the right to educational equality, success, and social mobility. Multicultural Education emerged into society after the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Broadening interests about the struggles and the economic affairs outside the United States has risen over the years. What is Multicultural Education?

14. The Result of Multicultural Education: IT BEGINS WITH SELF!

15. EDUCATION IN A CHANGING SOCIETY

16. Discussion Questions