I will state the objectives and outline your reading of Chapter 3.

OBJECTIVES
Learning outcomes - after reading the chapter, you will be able to: o: 

• Understand that students are living in many different family arrangements and that educators should not stereotype student behavior or academic potential on the basis of their family structures.
• Understand that young people need caring adults to help them maneuver through the challenges of childhood and the teenage years.
• Understand that schools play an important role in the socialization of today's children and youth.

OUTLINE 
Important definitions (read pages 103-108): 

• Equality: the state of being neither inferior nor superior.
• Discrimination: individual or institutional practices that exclude members of a group from certain rights, opportunities, or benefits.
• Dominant group: the cultural group that has the greatest power in society.
• Ethnocentrism: the belief that members of one's own group are superior to the members of other groups.
• prejudice: preconceived negative attitude toward the members of a group.
• Socialization: the process of learning the social norms of one's culture.
• Racism the conscious or unconscious belief that racial differences make one group superior to another.
• Sexism: the conscious or unconscious belief that men are superior to women.

TODAY'S FAMILIES 

• Today's families include: description and role of parents ( see example of a  professional dilemma on page 110), latchkey children (see figure 3.1 on page 111),homeless students, and abused students.

TODAY'S YOUTH 

• read pages 113-121.
• Resiliency: the ability to overcome overwhelming obstacles to achieve and be successful in school and life.
• Sexuality: the character of a sexual self - how a person sees herself or himself and what choices one makes regarding sexual activity.
• Chemical dependency: the habitual use, either for psychological or physical needs, of a substance such as drugs, alcohol, or tobacco (see figure 3.4 on page 121).

DEMOCRACY AND SCHOOLING 

• read pages 122-135
• Meritocracy: a system based on the belief that individuals' achievements are based on their own personal merits and hard work and that the people who achieve at the highest levels deserve the greatest social and financial rewards.
• Equal educational opportunity: access to similar education for all students regardless of their cultural background or family circumstances.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY ENRICHES THE PICTURE