Download EDF 5510 - Eastern Illinois University

• Eastern
Illinois
University
Nick Osborne, Ph.D
Case Study Time
• Meet with your group….
• Work on the development of your case
study
• Build Strategies…review data…etc…
Labor Force in Education
• How do Sociologists view educators?
• Describe the Labor Force in your school.
• Is it different now than it was when you
were in school?
• Is it different than your neighbors?
• What are the social implications?
Labor Force Data
• Review the handouts Tables 237-240
• What observations can you make from the
data?
Labor Force in Education
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Issues of Status
Professional Esteem
Public Disregard
Where do we rank in regard to
professional status?
• Review page 148 in your text.
Who Becomes a Teacher
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Historical Perspective
Gender Factor
Demographic Characteristics
What is the level of commitment?
Review page 159 in your text.
Demographics of Today’s
Teacher
• The average teacher has 15 years of classroom experience
and more than half of today's teachers (56 percent) hold a
master's degree or 6-year diploma. Nearly one-quarter (23
percent) began full-time teaching within the past five years.
• Teachers spend an average of 50 hours per week on
instructional duties, including an average of 12 hours each
week on non-compensated school-related activities such as
grading papers, bus duty, and club advising.
• Teachers spend an average of $443 of their own money each
year to meet the needs of their students.
Demographics of Today’s Teacher
• More than three-quarters of teachers (77 percent)
participated in system-sponsored professional
development activities during the school year; more
teachers than ever (35 percent) participated in such
activities during the summer.
• Three-fifths of teachers (60 percent) said they would
become teachers again. More than one-fifth (21
percent) said they would not choose teaching as a
career if they could start over again.
Analysis
• NEA has produced Status of the American Public
School Teacher every five years since 1961, providing
a chronicle of the teaching profession over four
decades. For the first time, the survey sought to
identify the reasons for teachers not remaining in
teaching until retirement. The largest segment of
teachers (37 percent) cited low salaries. Minority
teachers (50 percent), male teachers (43 percent),
and teachers under 30 (47 percent) were most likely to
claim low pay as the reason they will not stay in
teaching.
Analysis
• The report also reveals a profession
that is struggling to provide role
models of both sexes and all races
within a teaching workforce that is
predominantly white (90 percent) and
female (79 percent). Since 1981, the
ratio of male to female teachers has
steadily declined - it now stands at a
40-year low (21 percent).
Analysis
• "While the news in this report is
encouraging on many fronts, the survey
also includes some warning calls that
can't be ignored," said Weaver. "People
are leaving our profession because of the
low pay, and we're struggling to recruit
and retain male teachers and teachers of
color. These are areas that we must
address and correct."
Conditions of Labor
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Classroom Conditions
Fragmentation
Isolation
Student Control
Lack of Tangible Results
Multidimensionality
Average Salaries
• Median annual earnings of kindergarten,
elementary, middle, and secondary
school teachers ranged from $41,400 to
$45,920 in May 2004; the lowest 10
percent earned $26,730 to $31,180; the
top 10 percent earned $66,240 to
$71,370. Median earnings for preschool
teachers were $20,980.
Journal Article Review
• Please select one of your two articles for
presentation to the class.
• What is the topic.
• What is the sociological impact
• Your thoughts!
Teacher Specialization
“Educating Peter”
• View the Video
• Observe the role of the teacher and the
students.
• Observe the disposition of the teacher and
the students.
Alternative Practice
• View the video “Stand and Deliver”
• What worked for the teacher and students
in this video?
• Can these methods be applied anywhere?
What about our Schools?
• Review the recent Gallop Report?
• Extract the data to create a profile about
our public school systems?
• Identify the major sociological implications.
Social Class and its Relationship
to Education
• What is Social Class
• Marx…Weber…Bourdieu
• Social Inequality and the
Structure of Society
• Mechanism of Class Bias in
Education
What is Taught in Schools
• What is Curriculum
• The Formal Curriculum
• Stratification of the Curriculum
• Hidden Curriculum
• Alternative Curricula
Let’s Adjourn!!
• Thanks for your participation!
• See you on December 1
• All Projects due at that time.