SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Meritocracy, Social Inequality, Social Class
6 Nov 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Guest lecturer
Functions of education
Education as selection vs. education as nurture
Education as a means to level the playing field
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Impacts of classroom structures (e.g., grading, streaming)
Motivational effect
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Matthew effects/self-fulfilling prophecies
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Project background
Teaching experience
Lack of attention to motivation limits instructional effectiveness
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Research literature
Impacts of motivation on achievement
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Few practical recommendations
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Few causal investigations
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Research process
Grounding the program
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Determining the best empirical course
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Ethics process
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Research in schools/applied settings -> flexibility
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Disseminating results -> benefits of findings
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Education - part 2
Deviance: 303-315
Education and social inequality
Meritocracy?
Form of social engineering aimed at identifying the
talents of members of society so that individuals can
be selected for opportunities. People will achieve
things based off their merit.
When it was first used, it was used in a derogatory way
Meritocracy contradicts the concept of equality
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The affects education has on employment and earnings
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Education and gender
Education levels are highly stratified
Gender
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Social class
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Education reproduces gender inequality•
Self-selection of gendered majors•
Socialization, majors and social/economic value of jobs (Mullin
excerpt)
Women: tend to be less prestigious and less well paid in general
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Women tend to do better in the education system, but we're
not close to eliminating the gender differences in education
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Women have to be in higher education in order to obtain the
same median salary
Median income for men with a high school diploma:
32,342$
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Median income for women with a psychology degree
(BA): 31,576$
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Unequal returns on same degree•
Lecture 19
Thursday, November 9, 2017
10:06 AM
Document Summary
Education as a means to level the playing field. Lack of attention to motivation limits instructional effectiveness. Form of social engineering aimed at identifying the talents of members of society so that individuals can be selected for opportunities. People will achieve things based off their merit. When it was first used, it was used in a derogatory way. The affects education has on employment and earnings. Socialization, majors and social/economic value of jobs (mullin excerpt) Women: tend to be less prestigious and less well paid in general. Women tend to do better in the education system, but we"re not close to eliminating the gender differences in education. Women have to be in higher education in order to obtain the same median salary. Median income for men with a high school diploma: Median income for women with a psychology degree (ba): 31,576$
