SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Social Inequality, Elite, False Consciousness
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Davis and moore (1945) role of social placement. Act as a sorting mechanism for future roles in society (through allocation of grades) Teaches students how to function in the larger society (socialization) Not only does merit determine how one will move up in the social system, by also connections/ who one knows. For conflict theorists: education reproduces the social structure. The autobiography of malcolm x as told to alex haley (1964: 36-37) Different education systems for different groups of people. John porter, marian porter and bernard blishen (1982): students from higher social classes were four times more likely to continue on to university. People of upper classes encouraged more then the lower-class students are. Labeling of children: academic spurters and the non-spurters. Self-fulfilling prophecy at work teachers had subtly and unconsciously encouraged the performance they expected to see [in the spurters] . Teachers more enthusiastic to teach the spurters, people who were seen as smarter.
