Guess the Social Scientist
Alesia Montgomery's Works
Carl Mack's Works
100
An assistant professor of sociology at MSU
Who is Alesia Montgomery?
100
Parents must send children to “better” neighborhoods to go to school and play in parks, or basically socialize, thus giving children a negative outlook on the neighborhoods from which they came. (Living In Each Others Pockets)
What is segregation?
100
These groups are an important characteristic of a district’s organizational culture, and have an impact on the direction of a school and district. These groups also serve as an outlet for the expression of the covert or unconscious dynamics of the individuals who compose them. (Things Happen)
What is the classroom, staff meetings, grade level teams, management teams, school site councils, parent policy committees and the Board of Trustees
200
A senior lecturer at the Marshall Goldsmith School of Management at Alliant International University in California
Who is Carl Mack?
200
Alesia states that different _____ produce differences in interests and core beliefs, therefore creating a lack of community in schools. Its definition is the dynamic changes and patterns of learned values, beliefs, and behaviors exhibited by a group who share geographic and historical proximity. (Caring Is Not Enough: Assessing Community in High Schools)
What are cultures?
200
This perspective and experience provided an insightful view of the dynamics of leadership in groups. This perspective brought into my (Carl Mack) conscious focus the dynamics of groups as they function as a whole, the impact of the unconscious on work tasks, and the complexities of authority and leadership in the context of group and organizational life. (Things Happen)
What is the Tavistock Conference perspective?
300
He/she specializes in urban sociology, with a particular focus on the structure, meaning, and impact of spatial practices within and across racial geographies and nation states.
Who is Alesia?
300
A southeast asian immigrant youth described the attraction of gangs.. "Gangs allow us to identify with something... Our parents don't understand us. So where do we get that belonging? From our friends". This can be defined as two or more humans that interact with one another, accept expectations and obligations as members of the group, and share a common identity. (Caring Is Not Enough: Assessing Community in High Schools)
What is a social group?
300
In Carl Mack's article he examines the behavior of low income communities being outraged that black students are not doing well on the (white-derived) standardized tests (that measure academic performance). From what point of view does he examine this behavior? Hint: study of human relations (Surfacing the ecology of public school organizations)
What is ecological?
400
He/she chaired two academic departments (Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley and African and African American Studies, University of California, Davis)
Who is Carl Mack?
400
The social movement in Pitt. Prospect Middle School to integrate diverse positive images, historical role models, and a balanced view of history that has shown promising results. They provide fair and effective approaches to individual differences in learning styles that are believed to be linked to cultural influences. (Schools and Students at Risk)
What is multicultural education?
400
Carl Mack suggests that the poor performance of black students is the symptom of deeper problems. (Surfacing the Ecology of Public School Organizations)
What is the social institution?
500
His/her current research includes a comparison of the spatial maneuvers of middle class African American families in California and Michigan. Specifically, she is exploring how and why (and at what costs to families and communities) middle class black parents navigate metropolitan areas to find beneficial settings for their children.
Who is Alesia Montgomery?
500
Alesia describes the two kinds of L.A’s, one being a gated community and suburban predominantly white middle class and the other being dark, scary, “uncivilized”, and consisting mostly of minorities. (“Living in Each Other’s Pockets”: The Navigation of Social Distances by Middle Class Families in Los Angeles)
What is "selective flight"?
500
This decision, in 1954, had little to no effect on the achievement gap. twenty years later, Williams reported a 'gap between blacks and whites beginning in kindergarten and increasing through high school'. (Surfacing the Ecology of Public School Organizations)
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
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