SOC 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Toronto District School Board, Health Literacy, Social Capital

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 505
• Professor: Nicole Neverson

Document Summary

Family, school, peer groups (sports teams) and mass media. Example: new toronto district school board (tdsb) physical activity and. Functions of curriculum: 1) to learn physical literacy: to learn health literacy. Functionalists are interested in: 1) those who are being socialized: those that are involved in socializing, the outcomes of socialization. Combination of health indicators: bmi (body mass index), etc. Currently, the number one measure of health risk is. Assumptions of critical theory: ideologies are produced, reinforced and transformed. Common ideology of the function of sports. They are not a fundamental part of socializing process. The road to the boardroom leads through the locker room (riesman, 1978). Do high school athletes earn more pay? (curtis, mcteer, and white, 2003) Respondents: 4654 = males; 4739 = females; ages 25+, working full/part time and not in school. The body (physical capital is a form of cultural capital) Cultural capital leads to increased social and economic capital.