Sociology 1025A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Forces, Wicked Problem, Moral Panic
14 Jan 2017
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But if these things exist there will be social movements fighting against it all: just as we experience social issues individually, we can consciously choose to find them. Social power: the ability to achieve goals even if other people oppose those goals. All societies are built on some form of power, and this power typically resides within the government; however, some governments in the world exercise their power through force which is not legitimate. Education is the key to changing things, to equality. Many external factors influence students and how they perform in a classroom, and then later in life. Teaching gender, race, what intelligence looks like, how to manage stress, how to be successful: selection. Start streaming students: by age, academic vs. applied courses, guidance counsellors pushing students towards certain paths: organization. Often tied into the streaming process, we organize people based on a learning style/aptitude, whether they go to college/university, etc.
