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LISTEN to the audio and READ this NPR article on education (where we are) (AUDIO - 3 min)
https:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
"Parents are scrambling after schools suddenly cancel class over staffing and burnout" - https:
www.npr.org/2021/11/22/ XXXXXXXXXX/school-closures-mental-health-days-families-childcare-thanksgiving-
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After reading/watching the Learning Materials for this unit, respond to the following questions:
1. What are the functions of education? From the symbolic interactionist perspective - what does "school" mean, to you?
2. What are the functions of the family? From the symbolic interactionist perspective - what does "family" mean to you?
3. According to the video - Changing Education Paradigms - what have been challenges in education over the past decade (pre-Covid19).
4. According to the NPR article, why are schools seeing an acceleration of school closures unrelated to Covid19?
5. According to the NPR article, how are families reacting to these closures? Why are parents upset?
6. Apply the conflict theory to this situation (questions 4 & 5): What groups benefit most from the decision to close schools? Which groups lose?
7. Apply functionalism to this situation (questions 4 & 5): How are schools/families able to function (i.e. contribute to social stability)? If schools/families are feeling disorganized, then they are dysfunctional. Do you observe any dysfunctions in school or family?

Once you have posted your responses, respond to at least two of your classmates’ initial posts.
1. First, summarize your classmates’ responses, then respond to their posts. Always note some of your ideas from your initial post. (This is not an evaluation of your classmate’s post. You do not need to tell them whether or not they did a “good” job on their response.) You can say that you enjoyed reading their post, or you learned something from what they wrote.
After the due date, go back and look at what your classmates commented about regarding your post. Please respond to their posts accordingly.

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Ans 1. Education performs a number of important functions for the community. These include things like socialization, integration into society, finding one's position in society, and the creation of new social and cultural norms. Through speech and other forms of social contact, students at a symbolic interactionist school develop a sense of themselves in relation to the social worlds in which they find themselves. Students' academic performance can be improved in the classroom, on schoolyards, as well as other school-related venues through the interchange of meaning that occurs through the use of symbols, language, and social contact.
Ans 2. There are a few essential responsibilities that can't be met by society without the contribution of families. It gives members a sense of belonging while also assisting in the socialization process, providing members with emotional and practical support, assisting in the regulation of sexual activity and sexual reproduction, and providing assistance in the regulation of sexual activity and sexual reproduction. Marriage and families, in the view of symbolic interactionists, are built around the establishment of meanings that are mutually accepted and are strengthened via the participation in common activities. Celebrations such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, according to the interactionist view, serve as chances for families to gather and reestablish existing connections with one another as they form new bonds.
Ans 3 The video presentation made by Sir Ken Robinson titled, “Changing Education Paradigms” provides a convincing comprehension and overview of the actual overall education structure, the effects that it is experiencing by students and society, and a challenge to assess what it would take to move from the current modern concept of tutoring to a better practical one. dearth of individualized education, educational delay with losses, Compulsiveness for technology, difficulties with evaluations, coursework up - gradation,

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