Class: Childhood and parenting
Key Concepts:
- Parenting practices affect a child’s development, mentally and physically
- Parental involvement is important in a child’s life
- Divorce affects family life
- Family and child involvement improves relationships
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Class: Sociology of Education
Key Concepts:
- Factors such as race, class, and gender play a role in educational outcomes
- The quality of school systems are affected by district funding
- Classrooms are full of stressors and many teachers leave the field
- Banning books are becoming more relevant
- Some teachers do not make a sustainable salary
- There is a wide range of differences in per pupil spending
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Class: Medical Sociology
Key Concepts:
- Our medical system is socially constructed
- Our healthcare system is full of inequities
- Epidemiological research is important in public health
- There are global disparities in health care systems around the world
- Health care is not a human right in the united states and it is very expensive
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