SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Meritocracy, Hidden Curriculum, Siq
6 Nov 2016
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Examines functions of education institutions (ex. selection, socialization) Selection: we sort students on basis of ability. Most highly capable students go on to students, and less capable go to direct labour market entry. Sorting done on basis of merit: smartest students get rewarded, go to university and graduate programs and end up in elite professions (ex. law, medicine, education, nancing) Contest mobility: most students go to high school. Sponsored mobility: before high school, given standardized tests to determine which high school they go to and only some geared towards university. Moving away - greater awareness need young people to have university education to improve economies. Durkheim: used to be highly in uenced by religion, as schools became more secular, schools increasingly took on role of teaching moral education. Teach equality and meritocracy (idea that success is based on own merit) Not taught by overt curriculum (learning values by hidden curriculum)
