SOC 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hidden Curriculum, Ableism, Neoliberalism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 104
• Professor: Heather Rollwagen

Document Summary

University enrollment has grown since 1980s vastly. It takes ever more certificates and diplomas to quality for a given job. Occurs when members of an occupation insists that people earn certain credentials in order to enter the occupation. Universities are increasingly involved in the professionalizing process. Access to postsecondary education is not distributed evenly across the population. Choice to attend post secondary is made within a social structure. Racism, colonialism, sexism, ableism, all impact access to education. Consider how education serves to reproduce colonial oppression. Make indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing foundational and mandatory part of public and post secondary education. Gender norms impact with fields of study individuals select which serves to reinforce the. Explaining gender inequality: feminist approach to education gendered nature of the labour force. Despite increasing inequality in educational attainment, women continue to be disadvantaged continue to be disadvantaged in the labour market. Explaining social class inequality: marxist approach to education.