SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Grade Inflation, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Symbolic Interactionism
4 Apr 2014
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Examines functions of educational oinstitutions (i. e. selection, socialization) Contest mobility: most students attend high schools that prepare them for universities. Sponsored mobility: some countries have standardized tests in grade 8 that determine whether a child will go to into a high school to prapare for labour market or the highs school to go to post-secondary. Socialization- schools socialize us, they communicate societys value to us. Durkheim says as society moved towards secularism, schools now act as a religion for moral education. Value of equality, meriticrocy (reward will come to the most talented and hard working) Values are taught through implicitly by the hidden curriculum. Schools teach civil liberties, social justice, tolerance for diversity. Socioeconomic status is a major determinant of educational success. Iron law of sociology: you will go where your parents have gone (if they went to postsecondary then you will too) Parents socioeconomic status will be similar to yours.
