Learning Goals: to understand what sociology is and its schools of thought as well as to
1. Sociology: studies the interactions among people living together in a society and their actions, beliefs, and behaviours in order to understand the society.
-> August Comte is the father of sociology
-> observed that society is constantly changing creating struggle for individuals and groups
-> struggle = good
-> also believed that we must use the scientific method to collect concrete, measurable, and testable data (called positivism)
2. Symbols: in a society, symbols are shared and learned so that everyone understands
1. Sociology: studies the interactions among people living together in a society and their actions, beliefs, and behaviours in order to understand the society.
-> August Comte is the father of sociology
-> observed that society is constantly changing creating struggle for individuals and groups
-> struggle = good
-> also believed that we must use the scientific method to collect concrete, measurable, and testable data (called positivism)
2. Symbols: in a society, symbols are shared and learned so that everyone understands
Values: shared ideas and standards that a specific group considers acceptable and binding
Norms: expectations about how people should behave
Role: the expected behaviour of a person in a particular social position
Structural Functionalism - Emile Durkheim and Talcott Parsons
Conflict Theory - Karl Marx
Feminist - Dorothy Smith
Symbolic Interactionism - Max Weber, Chicago School, Charles Cooley and Herbert Mead
Norms: expectations about how people should behave
Role: the expected behaviour of a person in a particular social position
Structural Functionalism - Emile Durkheim and Talcott Parsons
Conflict Theory - Karl Marx
Feminist - Dorothy Smith
Symbolic Interactionism - Max Weber, Chicago School, Charles Cooley and Herbert Mead
3. Find or create images that represent how each of the schools of thought think.
4. Success criteria for blogs
5. Blog feedback / commenting time
4. Success criteria for blogs
5. Blog feedback / commenting time