Education is a dynamic enterprise. Teachers, school administrators, school supervisors, psychological researchers, sociologists, and other interested personnel are constantly seeking ways to increase student learning and student achievement. This course superimposes perspectives from the disciplines of sociology and psychology onto the school, teaching, and learning. The course is rooted in the discipline of the sociology and psychology of education--the focus of which is the school system. The course looks at how groups and individual experiences within the system impact education. As far as possible and within the limits of the course, local and regional settings are chosen to illustrate how these perspectives or points of view operate.