Education and Social Change: A Critique of Contextualism

1986 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terri Seddon
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Explanatory Adequacy ◽  
Education And Social Change

The concept ‘social context’ has become increasingly common in educational research. But unproblematic use of the concept has masked significant differences in its conceptualization. This paper examines the ‘social context’ and hence the trend to contextualism, as a locus of conceptual conflict. The origins of the concept are traced and competing contemporary conceptualizations are critically examined. The analysis indicates that different conceptualizations are underpinned by different philosophical assumptions and theoretical frameworks. These give rise to quite different analyses and understandings of educational phenomena. The paper argues that such conceptual conflict should not be ignored. The already valuable trend to contextualism would be enhanced by confronting and evaluating the competing conceptualizations. By highlighting the limitations and potential of different positions their explanatory adequacy would be revealed, thereby setting an agenda of necessary critical work for their advocates.

Charismatiques et Socio-politiques dans l'Eglise catholique au Quebec

1978 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Reny ◽  
Jean Paul Rouleau
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
The Social ◽  
Close Relationship

This article presents some characteristics of the charismatic and socio-political movements which can be observed in Catho licism in Québec. The authors situate the emergence of these phenomena within the historical and social context of the country since 1960. They thus elucidete the close relationship which exists between the social change and the change in the expression of beliefs. The links which charismatic and socio-political movements appear to have with the cultural evolution of Quebec are such that the authors consider these phenomena as at least as important as the official endeavours of the religious organisation to restore a certain functionality to religion in this society.

The Anthropologist as "Spoiler": Reading Multi-Cultural Texts

1982 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-27
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
American Educational Research Association ◽  
Research Association ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Texts

In contradicting broad generalizations with examples from the ethnographic record, anthropology has often played what Alan Beals has termed the "spoiler role." Writing in the Winter 1981 issue of The Generator, journal of the Social Context of Education Division of the American Educational Research Association, Harry F. Wolcott describes his exercise of the spoiler role in reviewing for publication multi-cultural textbook written by educators.

The Social Context of the Templars

1984 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 27-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Barber
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Sensitive Indicator ◽  
The Social

Replying, on 13 January 1308, to letters of Philip IV of France describing the arrest of the Templars, Albert of Habsburg, King of the Germans, after expressing the customary sadness at the turn of events and extolling his own role as the leading prince in defence of the faith, remarked that although a crime of such evil infamy ought to be reprehensible and damnable in all persons, nevertheless it is known to be more reprehensible among the religious, who ought by the splendour of their life to be mirror for others and an example. Throughout the 193 years of its history the Order had indeed been in a position where it was a mirror for others and an example, a position which made it a particularly sensitive indicator and, in its turn, promoter, of social change. This paper is an attempt to tiace this interrelationship.

From self-censorship to contention: Shame triggered participation in the 2013 Gezi Protests

2021 ◽  
pp. 001139212110127
Author(s):  
Defne Över
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Sociology Of Emotions ◽  
Professional Behaviors ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
News Stories ◽  
The Social ◽  
Contingent Event ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Depth Interviews

Focusing on journalists’ professional behaviors during the 2013 Gezi Protests in Turkey, this article offers a theoretical framework for understanding the transformation of inertia into contentious action. Accordingly, the emotion of shame triggers contention when it is experienced with a contingent event that generates hope for change. In Turkey, journalists working in the mainstream media extensively practiced self-censorship before the 2013 Gezi Protests and felt ashamed of themselves. This feeling became a trigger for joining public protests, resigning and/or producing non-compliant news stories when Gezi offered them an opportunity for social change. This argument builds on the sociology of emotions and events, and is inductively derived from 20 in-depth interviews conducted with journalists. The article presents the social context in which shame arises and the place of this emotion in generating contention. Through this research, the Gezi Protests assert their continuing relevance for understanding the relationship between repression and contention, especially in countries hit by the current wave of authoritarianism.

scholarly journals Cowboy Jurists and the Making of Legal Professionalism

2008 ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Wesley Pue
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Project ◽  
Regulatory Powers

This article discusses the novelty of the concept of lawyers’ professionalism in the twentieth century. The author discusses the evolution of the structure of legal professionalism in the early twentieth century, outlining the social context in which these changes occurred. Significant reforms were implemented, affecting such matters as the qualifications of lawyers, education and admission to the profession, professional ethics, and the regulatory powers of the professional organizations. The author concludes that twentieth-century professionalism in Canada emerged as a cultural project, undoubtedly influenced by political and social change, as opposed to pure market-based motivations.

Addressing erasure, microfication and social change: age-friendly initiatives and environmental gerontology in the 21st century

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica A. Kelley ◽  
Dale Dannefer ◽  
Luma Issa Al Masarweh
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Daily Experience ◽  
The Social ◽  
Environmental Gerontology

Chapter 4 argues for a greater awareness and understanding of how macro-level developments, such as gentrification and transnational migration, influence the creation of AFCCs. It identifies two key challenges which limit the success and effectiveness of both age-friendly initiatives and the scholarly field of environmental gerontology: first, microfication, or the tendency to focus on immediate aspects of everyday life while overlooking broader, overarching aspects of the social context that define and set key parameters of daily experience; and second, erasure, referring to the issue that certain groups of people remain ‘unseen’ in policy, research, or institutional practices. Remedying the limiting effects of these tendencies will be essential to increase the value and effectiveness of both of these enterprises, the authors conclude.

Youth Policy and Generations: Why Youth Policy Needs to ‘Rethink Youth’

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Woodman ◽  
Johanna Wyn
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
Life Patterns ◽  
Social Transitions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Youth At Risk ◽  
The Impact

There is an emerging consensus that new approaches are needed to take account of the impact of social conditions on young people's lives. We argue that an approach informed by the sociology of generations can highlight the interrelationships between changing social context and life patterns. This approach enables policies that aim to enhance the social inclusion of youth at risk to recognise the intersections between individual and social transitions that shape the changing experience of youth. We argue that social change needs to be recognised in order to ensure that policies are based on a sound understanding of new patterns in young lives.

scholarly journals Theories of the Intellectual Commons

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-62
Author(s):  
Antonios Broumas
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Transition Plans ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Commons ◽  
Normative Criteria ◽  
Rational Choice Theories ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Intellectual Commons

Noting the growth of academic interest in the concept of the commons this chapter introduces the main theoretical trends that have been formulated in relation to the analysis of the intellectual commons and their relation with capital. In this context, four families of theories are distinguished on the grounds of their epistemological foundations, their analytical tools with regard to social actors, social structures and the dynamics between them, their normative criteria and, finally, their perspectives on social change. Rational choice theories draw from the work of Elinor Ostrom offering a perspective of complementarity between commons and capital. Neoliberal theories elaborate on the profit-maximising opportunities of the intellectual commons and further highlight their capacities of acting as a fix to capital circulation/accumulation in intellectual property-enabled commodity markets. Social democratic theories propose the forging of a partnership between a transformed state and the communities of the commons and put forward specific transition plans for a commons-oriented society. Critical theories conceptualise the productive patterns encountered within intellectual commons as a proto-mode of production which is a direct expression of the advanced productive forces of the social intellect and has the potential to open up alternatives to capital. In the conclusion, of the chapter the four theoretical frameworks are compared, with the aim of formulating a strong theory of the intellectual commons evaluated from the standpoint of their approach to social change. Critical tenets from each theory are utilised as the bedrock for the moral justification of an intellectual commons law.

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