Social Construction

Everyone 's life is affected by social construction. This is the belief that social standard is determined by society, and it is formed by the individuals that belong to the society. Just Like when an individual thinks of a doctor, lawyer, priest, engineer, or manager, they usually picture males. Similarly, the nurses, teachers, and housewives might be purely female professions in our society. This is social constructionist thought on the role of equity and equality should play in today 's society. These may not be the equal of choice for the individuals, but what the government believes is socially acceptable. People begin to learn what is equity and equality, according to the community, from different social constructions. Like the Bilingual Education Act contributes to social construction, as this Act is almost portrayed in a stereotypical manner for English Language Learners (ELL) in school. By examining the way the Bilingual Education Act is presented, we can see the impacts of social constructionist thought. First, the impacts that equity and equality can apply varies from society to society, this is because each society obliges to a different social constructions. In many Asian countries, schools offer mandatory Bilingual classes for every student that seems very normal way of using government spending. Governments allocate funds to support massive, consistent and long-term public education. Whereas, in Western countries, people might think of Bilingual Education, it might only belong to English Language Learners (ELL), especially for new immigrants. They define Bilingual Education in a different way; each society believes their views are the most acceptable and fairness views, because each society is based on a different social construction. The other impact is that the Bilingual Education Act might be influential to English Language Learners (ELL) that social constructionists can be use to equal limited

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