CS235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Equal Opportunity, Knowledge Economy, Intercultural Competence
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Emotional entrainment: sync moods, feelings, rhythms together, when social interaction is enhanced by people attuining their emotional states together. Collective effervescence: a feeling of group membership that can energize people. Emphasizes what durkheim neglected: some social situations trigger little entrainment and effervescence; making people feel sluggish, lethargic, and indifferent to the group. Interaction rituals: collins theory views classrooms as this, formal ceremonies, also uses term to any social situation that structures social interaction. Bad: stimulate little energy and/or distribute it unevenly. Teachers & classrooms: teachers job to promote high levels of energy, students are focused, etc, & compete with student peer groups for classroom attention. Bowles +gintis: k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) fo(cid:396) thei(cid:396) (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)espo(cid:374)di(cid:374)g p(cid:396)i(cid:374)(cid:272)iple(cid:863) of s(cid:272)hool-workplace links talk about external rewards to motivate behaviour (grades/wages) Marx = capitalist ideology as justifying existing patterns of social inequality, serving interests of the ruling class.
