Social Dimension of Education

Interactionist theory

Symbolic Interactionism

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Interactionist TheoriesIs the relation of schoo

l and society are critiques and extensions of the functionalist and conflict perspectives.

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Interactionist theories attempt to make the “commonplace strange” by turning on their heads everyday taken-for-granted behaviors and interactions between students and students and between students and teachers.

Basic forms of Social Interaction

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SOCIAL INTERACTIONISM

SYMBOLIC INTERACTION

•Which require mental processes.

NON-SYMBOLIC INTERACTION

•Which does not involve thinking.

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This differentiation was made by Blumer(following Mead)

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 Symbolic interaction theory analyses society by addressing the subjective meanings that people impose on objects, events, and behaviours.

• This school of thought, known as symbolic interactionism, views the self as socially constructed in relation to social forces and structures and the product of on going negotiations of meanings.

Symbolic Interactionism

Proponents of Interaction Theory

Herbert Blumer

Proponents of Interaction Theory

George Herbert Mead

Proponents of Interaction Theory

Charles Horton Cooley

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Principles of Symbolic Interactionism1.Human beings are endowed with the

capacity for thought.2.The capacity for thought us shaped by

social interaction3.In social interaction, people learn the

meanings and the symbols that allow them to exercise their distinctively human capacity for thought.

4. Meanings and symbols allow people to carry on distinctively human action and interaction.

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5. People are able to modify or alter meanings and symbols that they use in action and interaction on the basis of their interpretation of the situation.

6. People are able to make these modifications and alterations because, in part, of their ability to interact with themselves, which allows them ton examine possible courses of action, assess their relative advantages and disadvantages, and then choose one.

7. The intertwined patterns of action and interaction make up groups and societies.

Principles of Symbolic Interactionism

Important concept that has long been used by symbolic

interactionist.

•Reflected their views on object.•Blumer differentiate among three types of objects: Physical objects, Social objects, and Abstract objects

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Important concept that has long been used by symbolic

interactionist.

•Looking-glass self

a. developed by Charles Horton Cooleyb. “We see ourselves as others see us”

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