Educational Psychology: Learning Theories and Strategies
Exceptional Students and Mainstreaming
Education for All Disabled Children Act (1975)
By the middle of the 20th century, the educational needs of exceptional students began to be recognized. Mainstreaming is the process of placing students with disabilities in general education classrooms. The Education for All Disabled Children Act of 1975 mandated Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), where teachers and parents work together as equal partners to develop and implement educational plans. These
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Gender & Inequality
Male/Female Differences
– We must be careful not to think of social differences in biological terms.
– Differences in physical abilities exist, but in athletics, the gap is smaller today.
– Differences in abilities reflect both biology and socialization.
– There is no difference in overall intelligence between males and females.
Gender in Global Perspective
The Israeli Kibbutz
- Gender equality is one of its stated goals.
- Men and women share in both work and decision-making.
- Girls and
Gender Inequality: Understanding Social Stratification and Feminist Perspectives
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Gender & Inequality
– Gender: personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being male or female
– Gender Stratification: the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women
Male/Female Differences
– We must be careful not to think of social differences in biological terms
– Differences in physical abilities, but in athletics the gap is smaller today
– Differences in abilities reflect both biology and socialization
– No difference
Read MoreGender Inequality: A Sociological Perspective
Gender & Inequality
Male/Female Differences
– We must be careful not to think of social differences in biological terms.
– Differences in physical abilities exist, but in athletics, the gap is smaller today.
– Differences in abilities reflect both biology and socialization.
– There is no difference in overall intelligence between males and females.
Gender in Global Perspective
The Israeli Kibbutz
– Gender equality is one of its stated goals.
– Men and women share in both work and decision-making.
– Girls
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Basic Concepts
Concepts and Variables
A basic element of science is the concept, a mental construct that represents some part of the world in a simplified form. Sociologists use concepts to label aspects of social life.
A variable is a concept whose value changes from case to case. For example, “height” has a value that varies from person to person. The use of variables depends on measurement, a procedure for determining the value of a variable in a specific case.
Some variables are easy to measure,
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Basic Concepts in Sociology
A basic element of science is the concept, a mental construct that represents some part of the world in a simplified form. Sociologists use concepts to label aspects of social life.
- A variable is a concept whose value changes from case to case. (“Height”, for example, has a value that varies from person to person).
- The use of variables depends on measurement, a procedure for determining the value of a variable in a specific case. Some variables are easy to measure, as