SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Functional Illiteracy, Business Engineering, Compulsory Education

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

The social institution through which society provides its members with important knowledge, including basic facts, job skills, and cultural norms. Formal instruction under the direction of specially trained teachers. In low and middle income countries ppl learn at home and reflects national culture: little opportunity to go to school. Patriarchy shapes opportunity: 45% of boys and 30% of girls attend secondary school. Japa(cid:374) has so(cid:373)e of the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld"s highest a(cid:272)hie(cid:448)e(cid:396)s. 96% of young ppl graduate from hs. Half attend cram schools to attend uni. Japanese students perform canadian students in mathematics and science. Schooling was a privilege of nobility in middle ages. British law now requires every child to attend school until age of 16. Public schools are what we call private boarding schools, for the wealthy. Uni admission is based on a merit system with exams. G(cid:396)aduates of o(cid:454)fo(cid:396)d a(cid:374)d ca(cid:373)(cid:271)(cid:396)idge (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e the (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t(cid:396)(cid:455)"s elite.