- September 6, 2024
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ITP Seminar: Fellows Only
September 6, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
rm 259 Educational Sciences, 1025 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706, USAITP Fellows only
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- September 13, 2024
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ITP Seminar: Ross Wiener
September 13, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
rm 259 Educational Sciences, 1025 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706, USARoss Wiener, Vice President at the Aspen Institute and Executive Director of the Education & Society Program
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- September 20, 2024
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ITP Seminar: Michelle Jackson
September 20, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
rm 259 Educational Sciences, 1025 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706, USADr. Michelle Jackson, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Stanford University
https://sociology.stanford.edu/people/michelle-jacksonTitle: We ask so much: The division of rationalized labor in the education industry
Abstract: A key prediction of classical theories of the division of labor is that, over time, specialized occupations are responsible for an ever-narrower range of tasks. In contrast to the predictions of classical theories, I show that the macro-level forces of scientific development and rationalization in fact work to complicate tasks and responsibilities. I use the case of the education industry to cast light on this general pattern. Using data from school yearbooks, academic journals, job task analyses, and government reports, I examine changes in the division of labor in the education industry over the past c.150 years. I show that teachers and schools are asked to take on more tasks today than in the past, and consider some of the possible consequences for teachers, schools, and societies.
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