EDUC 1233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jon Heidenreich, Blue-Collar Worker, Nouveau Riche
25 Aug 2016
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1% are upper uppers old money, aristocratic, private schools, choose liberal degrees over vocational. 2-4% are lower uppers nouveaux riche. Similar lifestyle but earned rather than inherited wealth. Upper middle 000- 000 per year in managerial or professional jobs, usually with university education. Average middle skilled blue collar jobs or less prestigious white collar jobs. Also called lower middle class 1/3 of canadians. Social assistance or multiple poor paying jobs. Prejudice: attitude towards members of a group (may be positive) Discrimination: taking action based on prejudice that disadvantages a person. Xenophobia: fear of those who are different from oneself. Cultural deficit theory: differences are due to a culture of being inferior. Often more educated than canadians but paid less (85% 63% males/56% females) Those who are refugees often faced trauma and instability. Effective teachers talk less ( talk less, smile more) Differs from differentiation, which focuses on levels of learning vs impairment.
