Consensus Theory

- Positivism Cultural

- Functionalism (Durkheim)

- Functional Structuralism

(Talcott-Parsons)

 

Conflict Theory

- Historical Materialism (Marx)

- Power / Bureaucracy (Weber)

 

Social Reproduction

- Ideological State Apparatus(Althusser)

 

Economic Reproduction

- Correspondence / Stratification (Bowles & Gintis)

- Hidden Curriculum

(Snyder / Jackson/ Apple)

 

Cultural Reproduction

- Cultural Capital (Bourdieu)

Interpretive Theory

- Interactionalism

- Verstehen (Weber)

- Symbolic Interaction (Mead/Blumer)

- Phenomenology (Husserl/Heidegger)

- Social Construction of Reality

(Berger & Luckmann)

- Subjectivism (Qualitative Research) (Anthro methods)

 

Critical Theory

- Post-Positivism (Frankfurt School)

- Hegemony (Gramsci)

- Critical Consciousness (Freire)

 

Cultural Production / Practice Theory

- Resistance / Agency / Counter-School Culture

(Centre for Contemporary

Cultural Studies)

 

Post-Structuralism

- Linguistic Turn (Popkewitz)

 

Postmodernism

- Deconstructionalism
(Aronowitz & Giroux)

Cultural Transmission

(1920's-50's)

- Socialization
- Enculturation

- Genetic Explanations

- Impact of Family

- Cultural Deprivation Theory

 

Cultural Background and
Social Constructions

(1960's-70's)

- Cultural Difference Approach
- Power & Privilege

- Cultural Conflict & Bias
- Theory of Unequal Resources & Treatment
- School Policy

- Race/Ethnicity/Minority
- School & Classroom Forces

 

Social and Cultural Diversity (late 1970's - 80's - 90's)

- Labor Market Theory /

- Assimilation / Acculturation

- Politics of Identity
and Learning

- Class / Gender

- Oppositional Frameworks

- New Social Movements
- Societal & Community
Forces

- School Reform
- Cultural Awareness & Relevance
- Cultural Studies